Introduction of a rapid response system: Why we are glad we MET

Critical Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Jones, Daryl ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART ARREST; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE; NOTE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHODOLOGY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; TIME;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248356313     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc4841     Document Type: Note

References (19)

1. McGlynn EA Asch SM Adams J Keesey J Hicks J DeCristofaro A Kerr EA The quality of health care delivery to adults in the United States N Engl J Med 2003 348 2635-2645 10.1056/NEJMsa022615 12826639
2. Brennan TA Leape LL Laird N Hebert L Localio AR Lawthers AG Newhouse JP Weiler PC Hiatt HH Incidence of adverse events and negligence in hospitalised patients: Results of the Harvard Medical Practice Study I N Engl J Med 1991 324 370-376 1987460
3. Wilson RM Runciman WB Gibberd RW Harrison BT Newby L Hamilton JD The quality in Australian health care study Med J Aust 1995 163 458-471 7476634
4. Franklin C Mathew J Developing strategies to prevent in-hospital cardiac arrest: Analyzing responses of physicians and nurses in the hours before the event Crit Care Med 1994 22 244-247 8306682
5. Shein RMH Hazday N Pena M Ruben BH Sprung CL Clinical antecedents to in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrests Chest 1990 98 1388-1392 2245680
6. Kause J Smith G Prytherch D Parr M Flabouris A Hillman KM A comparison of antecedents to cardiac arrests, deaths and emergency intensive care admissions in Australia and New Zealand, and the United Kingdom: The ACADEMIA study Resuscitation 2004 62 275-282 10.1016/ j.resuscitation.2004.05.016 15325446
7. Lee A Bishop G Hillman KM Daffurn K The medical emergency team Anaesth Intens Care 1995 23 183-186
8. Nardi G Riccioni L Cerchiari E De Blasio E Gristina G Oransky M Pallotta F Ajmone-Cat C Freni C Trombetta S Impact of an integrated treatment approach to the severley injured patients (ISS > 16) on hospital mortality and quality of care Minerva Anesthesiol 2002 68 25-35
9. Fresco C Carinci F Maggioni AP Ciampi A Nicolucci A Santoro E Tavazzi L Tognonia G Very early assessment of risk for in-hospital death among 11,483 patients with acute myocardial infarction. GISSI investigators Am Heart J 1999 138 1058-1064 10.1016/S0002-8703(99)70070-0 10577435
10. Rivers E Nguyen B Havstad S Ressler J Muzzin A Knoblich B Peterson E Tomlanovich M Early Goal-Directed Therapy Collaborative Group Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock N Engl J Med 2001 345 1368-1377 10.1056/NEJMoa010307 11794169
11. Bellomo R Goldsmith D Uchino S Buckmaster J Hart GK Opdam H Silvester W Doolan L Gutteridge G A prospective before-and-after trial of a medical emergency team Med J Aust 2003 179 283-287 12964909
12. Bellomo R Goldsmith D Uchino S Buckmaster J Hart G Opdam H Silvester W Doolan L Gutteridge G Prospective controlled trial of effect of medical emergency team on postoperative morbidity and mortality rates Crit Care Med 2004 32 916-921 10.1097/01.CCM.0000119428.02968.9E 15071378
13. Jones D Bellomo R Bates S Warrillow S Goldsmith D Hart G Opdam H Gutteridge G Long term effect of a medical emergency team on cardiac arrests in a teaching hospital Crit Care 2005 9 R808-R815 10.1186/cc3906 16356230
14. Hillman K Chen J Cretikos M Bellomo R Brown D Doig G Finfer S Flabouris A MERIT study investigators MERIT study investigators. Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: A cluster-randomised controlled trial Lancet 2005 365 2091-2097 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66733-5 15964445
15. Jones D Bates S Warrillow S Opdam H Goldsmith D Gutteridge G Bellomo R Circadian pattern of activation of the medical emergency team in a teaching hospital Crit Care 2005 9 R303-R306 1269438 16137341 10.1186/ cc3537
16. Jones D Duke G Green J Briedis J Bellomo R Casamento A Kattula A Way M MET syndromes and an approach to their management Crit Care 2006
17. DeVita M Medical emergency teams: Deciphering clues to crises in hospitals Crit Care 2005 9 325-326 1269447 16137372 10.1186/cc3721
18. Institute of Health Improvement Establish a rapid response team http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Topics/CriticalCare/IntensiveCare/Changes/ EstablishaRapidResponseTeam.htm
19. NHS Modernisation Agency Progress in developing services: Critical care outreach 2003 http://www.modern.nhs.uk/criticalcare/5021/7117/ 78001-DoH-CareOutreach.pdf