Quality improvement report: Six year audit of cardiac arrests and medical emergency team calls in an Australian outer metropolitan teaching hospital

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7631, 2007, Pages 1210-1212

  Buist, Michael ^a   Harrison, Julia ^a   Abaloz, Ellie ^a   Van Dyke, Susan ^a  

^a DANDENONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; VICTORIA;

EID: 37249020301     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39385.534236.47     Document Type: Article

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