Building a rapid response team

AACN Advanced Critical Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-140

  Halvorsen, Lisa ^a   Garolis, Salomeja ^a   Wallace Scroggs, Allyson ^b   Stenstrom, Judy ^a   Maunder, Richard ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Providence Oregon Simulation Training Program   (United States)

^c Palliative Care in Providence   (United States)

Author keywords

Code; Medical emergency team; Rapid response team

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CURRICULUM; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CURRICULUM; DOCUMENTATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OREGON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESUSCITATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250682632     PISSN: 15597768     EISSN: 15597768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AACN.0000269256.24720.2b     Document Type: Review

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