| ARCHETYPE ID | openEHR-EHR-OBSERVATION.avpu-c.v0 |
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| Concept | ACVPU |
| Description | Simple scale used as part of an assessment to measure and record an individual's level of consciousness. |
| Use | Use to record a quick and simple assessment of an individual's level of consciousness, especially in an emergency situation. This assessment has been updated in response to 2017 changes to the NEWS assessment, now published as NEWS2. |
| Purpose | To record an individual's level of consciousness. |
| References | Derived from: ACVPU, Draft archetype [Internet]. Apperta UK, Apperta UK Clinical Knowledge Manager [cited: 2019-03-12]. Available from: https://ckm.apperta.org/ckm/#showArchetype_1051.32.706 https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/national-early-warning-score-news-2 [cited 01-Feb-2018]. |
| Copyright | © Apperta UK, openEHR Foundation |
| Authors | Author name: Hildegard Franke Organisation: freshEHR Clinical Informatics Ltd. Email: hildi@freshehr.com Date originally authored: 2018-02-01 |
| Other Details Language | Author name: Hildegard Franke Organisation: freshEHR Clinical Informatics Ltd. Email: hildi@freshehr.com Date originally authored: 2018-02-01 |
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| Keywords | avpu, alert, voice, pain, unresponsive, awake, speech, pain, unconscious, voice, consciousness, verbal, verbal response, semicomatose, conscious, level of consciousness, comatose, confusion, acvpu |
| Lifecycle | in_development |
| UID | 4ad82530-88c6-41f1-b01d-30ea2de5801a |
| Language used | en |
| Citeable Identifier | 1013.1.3317 |
| Revision | 5 |
| Revision Number | 0.0.1-alpha |
| Archetype Concept Comment | ACVPU is an acronym for 'Alert', 'Confusion', 'Voice', 'Pain', 'Unresponsive'. |
| events | |
| Any event | Any event: Default, unspecified point in time or interval event which may be explicitly defined in a template or at run-time. |
| data | |
| Observation | Observation: The observation of the patient's level of consciousness.
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| Comment | Comment: Additional narrative about the observation, not captured in other fields. |
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| Confounding factors | Confounding factors: Narrative description of any issues or factors that may impact on the observation. |
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| Pain stimulus | Pain stimulus: Description of the type of pain stimulus used to elicit the observation. This element should be coded with a terminology, where possible. For example: pressing the nail root or the sternum. |
| Extension | Extension: Additional information required to capture local content or to align with other reference models/formalisms. e.g. Local information requirements or additional metadata to align with FHIR or CIMI equivalents. Include: All not explicitly excluded archetypes |
| Other contributors | Heather Leslie, Atomica Informatics, Australia |
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