Expansion of a medical emergency team system to a mental health facility

Resuscitation

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 293-296

  Cheung, Winston ^a,c   Gullick, Janice ^a,b   Thanakrishnan, Govindasamy ^a   Snars, Jeff ^a   Milliss, David ^a,c   Tan, Jeff ^a  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Emergency medical services; Emergency treatment; Medical emergency team; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 84857048118     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: 18731570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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