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[Medical emergency teams].

Ugeskrift for laeger, 2008
The aim of medical emergency teams (MET) is to identify and treat deteriorating patients on general wards, and to avoid cardiac arrest, unplanned intensive care unit admission and death. The effectiveness of METs has yet to be proven, as the only two randomised, controlled trials on the subject show conflicting results.
Bunkenborg, G., Lund, C., Petersen, John Asger   +2 more
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Delayed Medical Emergency Team Calls and Associated Outcomes*

Critical Care Medicine, 2014
To determine whether there was an association between delayed medical emergency team calls and mortality after a medical emergency team review.This was a prospective observational study.A university-affiliated tertiary referral hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil.All patients were reviewed by the medical emergency team from July 2008 to December 2009.None.
Márcio M, Boniatti, Neusa, Azzolini, Marina V, Viana, Berenice S P, Ribeiro, Renata S, Coelho, Rodrigo K, Castilho, Márcio R, Guimarães, Lia, Zorzi, Luis F, Schulz, Edison M Rodrigues, Filho   +9 more
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[In-hospital medical emergency teams].

Anestezjologia intensywna terapia, 2009
A growing number of very sick and hospital-dependent patients in an ageing population, together with a chronic lack of intensive care beds, has resulted in a significant impairment in hospital care. Acute, life-threatening symptoms are frequently missed, leading to increased mortality and morbidity.
Waldemar, Goździk, Jakub, Smiechowicz, Andrzej, Kübler   +2 more
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Usefulness of Emergency Medical Teams in Sport Stadiums

The American Journal of Cardiology, 2008
In August 2006, the new AZ Alkmaar soccer stadium (capacity 17,000) opened. To provide adequate emergency support, medical teams of Red Cross volunteers and coronary care unit and emergency room nurses were formed, and facilities including automated external defibrillators were made available at the stadium. During every match, 3 teams are placed among
E, Leusveld, S, Kleijn, V A W M, Umans
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General Principles of Medical Emergency Teams

2006
The theory behind the MET system and the principle that early intervention improves outcome is intuitive. It is considerably easier to resuscitate a patient who is alive rather than one who is dead. Successful implementation of a MET system relies on support from hospital administrators and participation of staff members at all levels and of all ...
Daryl Jones, Rinaldo Bellomo, Donna Goldsmith   +2 more
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Medical emergency team: a review of the literature

Nursing in Critical Care, 2008
AbstractBackground:  A medical emergency team (MET) comprises of a team of doctors and nurses with advanced life support skills, which are hospital based, who respond to emergency calls following a deterioration in a patient’s clinical condition. The role and contribution of such approaches promoting the early recognition and intervention of these ...
Barbetti, Julie, Lee, Gerry
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[Medical emergency teams in hospitals].

Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin, 2015
In-hospital emergencies represent an increasing challenge with regard to risk management in hospitals and until now, no binding recommendations for in-hospital emergency management are available in Germany. Time delays in the detection and treatment of critically ill patients on the wards often lead to serious adverse events. The concept of traditional
S, Lenkeit, K, Ringelstein, I, Gräff, J-C, Schewe   +3 more
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International Emergency Medical Teams Training Workshop Special Report

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 2018
AbstractThe World Health Organization’s (WHO; Geneva, Switzerland) Emergency Medical Team (EMT) Initiative created guidelines which define the basic procedures to be followed by personnel and teams, as well as the critical points to discuss before deploying a field hospital. However, to date, there is no formal standardized training program established
Anthony, Albina, Laura, Archer, Marlène, Boivin, Hilarie, Cranmer, Kirsten, Johnson, Gautham, Krishnaraj, Anali, Maneshi, Lisa, Oddy, Lynda, Redwood-Campbell, Rebecca, Russell   +9 more
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The Medical Emergency Team as a Safety Net

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2006
In the case of an 11-year-old boy with stable physiological parameters, the deterioration in condition was so sudden that only a rapid response system could ensure any chance of survival.
Michelle A, Buttfield, Jennifer D, Amos, Kenneth M, Hillman   +2 more
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Improving the non‐technical skills of hospital medical emergency teams: The Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM™)

Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2016
AbstractObjectivesThis prospective descriptive study aimed to test the validity and feasibility of the Team Emergency Assessment Measure (TEAM™) for assessing real‐world medical emergency teams' non‐technical skills. Second, the present study aimed to explore the instrument's contribution to practice regarding teamwork and learning outcomes ...
Robyn P, Cant, Joanne E, Porter, Simon J, Cooper, Kate, Roberts, Ian, Wilson, Christopher, Gartside   +5 more
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