Patient physiological status during emergency care and rapid response team or cardiac arrest team activation during early hospital admission

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 359-365

  Considine, Julie ^a   Jones, Daryl ^b   Pilcher, David ^c   Currey, Judy ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; emergency nursing; patient safety; rapid response teams; risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIAC ARREST TEAM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TACHYPNEA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL SIGN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL RAPID RESPONSE TEAM; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85020628491     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0000000000000375     Document Type: Article

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