Vital Sign Score (VSS) for Evaluating a Patient in the ED

Purpose: To evaluate an older adolescent or an adult who has just arrived at the Emergency Department using the Vital Sign Score (VSS) of Merz et al.

Info MyLikes MyPaths

Evaluation

Are you evaluating an older adolescent or an adult who has just arrived at the Emergency Department?

Yes

Is the patient's airway threatened?

Yes

Respiratory rate

breaths per minute

Heart rate

beats per minute

Systolic blood pressure

mm Hg

Oxygen saturation while on supplemental oxygen in percent (enter 100 if no supplemental oxygen needed)

Glasgow Coma socre (enter from 3 to 15)

Has the patient experienced prolonged (> 5 minutes) or repeated seizures?

Yes

Results

Please fill out required fields.

Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Vital sign score

Caution: A qualified health practitioner should verify all results.
Keep patient data confidential and comply with all legal requirements.

Please visit our website Medicalalgorithms.com for Description and Interpretation and further algorithms you may want to consider in the next steps of your evaluation. All information should be verified by a qualified health professional, and all use is subject to Medicalalgorithms.com Terms and Conditions. © Copyright Medicalalgorithms.com Limited

Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
Laboratory Tests
- Basic Metabolic Profile (BMP) Risk Score (Intermountain Risk Score)
Other Testing
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Pediatric Advanced Warning System (PAWS)
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
Complications
- Modified Early Warning Score for a Hospital Inpatient
- Worthing Physiological Scoring System (PSS) of Duckitt et al as a Medical Inpatient Early Warning System
Differential Diagnosis And Mimics, Red Flags
Failure Handling, When To Refer

Therapy

Options
- Patient-At-Risk Early Warning Score
Selection
Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
- Patient-At-Risk Early Warning Score
Prevention

Monitoring

Disease Progression
Complication Detection
- Modified Early Warning Score for a Hospital Inpatient
- Neonatal Trigger Score (NTS)

Societal Concerns

Economic Cost
- Ambulatory Severity Index (ASI)
- Patient Severity Index (PSI)
Public Health

Objective

severity
prognosis
stage
complications
response to therapy
adverse effects
disease progression

ICD-10

I46 - Cardiac arrest

Info

Purpose: To evaluate an older adolescent or an adult who has just arrived at the Emergency Department using the Vital Sign Score (VSS) of Merz et al.

Objective: severity, prognosis, stage, complications, response to therapy, adverse effects, disease progression

ICD-10: I46,

Save Data

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Email

Your registered email

Other

Email to

Please separate multiple email IDs with comma (,)

Consult Report

Identifier

Enter 1 to 5 characters as ID

Add to MyPath

Select path

New path