Attitudes and barriers to a Medical Emergency Team system at a tertiary paediatric hospital

Resuscitation

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-174

  Azzopardi, Peter ^a   Kinney, Sharon ^a,b   Moulden, Annie ^a   Tibballs, James ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude of health personnel; Barriers; Medical Emergency Team Rapid Response Team; Medical staff; Nursing staff; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAMWORK; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78751576005     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.10.013     Document Type: Article

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