Medical emergency teams and rapid response triggers - the ongoing quest for the 'perfect' patient safety system

Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Stahel, Philip F ^a   Mehler, Philip S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LETTER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MEDICAL ERROR; NOTE; SAFETY; STANDARD;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77949892339     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc8052     Document Type: Letter

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