'Between the flags': Implementing a rapid response system at scale

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 714-717

  Hughes, Clifford ^a   Pain, Charles ^a   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b   Hillman, Kenneth ^b  

^a Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DEATH; DROWNING; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SEASHORE; SHORT SURVEY; WARD; NEW SOUTH WALES; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VITAL SIGN;

HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT SAFETY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 84906715978     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2014-002845     Document Type: Short Survey

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