Paediatric Observation Priority Score ( POPS ) Chart

Paediatric Observation Priority Score ( POPS ) Chart helps clinicians to identify acutely ill children quickly using a combination of physiological, behavioral and risk identifiers. The data used can be easily obtained and this enables to identify acutely ill children.

Benefits of using the POP score include

rapid detection of critically unwell children

fewer referral to hospitals ( cost savings )

fewer serious adverse events ( missed serious illness )

Chart reproduced here with kind permission of Dr Damian Roland