Critical incidents related to cardiac arrests reported to the Danish Patient Safety Database

Resuscitation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-316

  Andersen, Peter Oluf ^a,d   Maaløe, Rikke ^b,d   Andersen, Henning B ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Critical incidents; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DATA BASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICATION ERROR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING; MORTALITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICATION ERRORS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951918336     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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