Resident and RN perceptions of the impact of a medical emergency team on education and patient safety in an academic medical center

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3091-3096

  Sarani, Babak ^a   Sonnad, Seema ^a   Bergey, Meredith R ^a   Phillips, Joanne ^a   Fitzpatrick, Mary Kate ^a   Chalian, Ara A ^a   Myers, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Medical emergency team; Rapid response system; Rapid response team; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESIDENT; SKILL; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SAFETY;

EID: 73349114924     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b09027     Document Type: Article

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