ALERT Scale timing of assessment

This article explains which time/entry of vital signs to use for the ALERT Scale.

Collection Instructions

• When a patient is admitted from the emergency department, use the values that are closest but prior to the time medicine service accepts the patient to their service.
• When patients move between wards or from an icu to a ward use the values that are closest but prior to discharge/transfer from the sending service.
• For direct transfers to Medicine via the ER use the first value taken and recorded on the triage record.
• Direct transfers that bypass the ER take the value on arrival to your unit.