Difficult airway response team: A novel quality improvement program for managing hospital-wide airway emergencies

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-139

  Mark, Lynette J ^a   Herzer, Kurt R ^a   Cover, Renee ^b   Pandian, Vinciya ^a   Bhatti, Nasir I ^a   Berkow, Lauren C ^a   Haut, Elliott R ^a   Hillel, Alexander T ^a   Miller, Christina R ^a   Feller Kopman, David J ^a   Schiavi, Adam J ^a   Xie, Yanjun J ^a   Lim, Christine ^c   Holzmueller, Christine ^d   Ahmad, Mueen ^a   Thomas, Pradeep ^a   Flint, Paul W ^e   Mirski, Marek A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; EDEMA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84942859409     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: 15267598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000000691     Document Type: Article

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