Emergency department rapid response systems: The case for a standardized approach to deteriorating patients

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 375-381

  Considine, Julie ^a   Jones, Daryl ^b   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^c  

^a NORTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

deteriorating patient; emergency department; patient assessment; patient safety; rapid response team

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DELIRIUM; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MODIFIED EARLY WARNING SCORE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEIZURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAGE;

EID: 84887402182     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32835d1e14     Document Type: Article

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