Emergency care staff can improve survival rates from sepsis

Accident and Emergency Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 157-160

  Chege, Frank ^a   Cronin, Gerard ^b  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Sepsis; Sepsis resuscitation bundle; Surviving Sepsis Campaign

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CRITICAL PATHWAYS; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEPSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34548019709     PISSN: 09652302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aaen.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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