scholarly journals Medical emergency teams: implementation and outcome measurement

Critical Care ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann McGinley ◽  
Rupert M Pearse
Keyword(s):  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Medical Emergency Teams

scholarly journals Medical emergency teams at the ottawa Hospital: the first two years

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan D. Baxter ◽  
Pierre Cardinal ◽  
Jonathan Hooper ◽  
Rakesh Patel
Keyword(s):  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Ottawa Hospital ◽  
Medical Emergency Teams

scholarly journals Outcomes of Patients Treated with Prehospital Noninvasive Ventilation: Observational Retrospective Multicenter Study in the Northern French Alps

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 1359
Author(s):  
Julie Pinczon ◽  
Nicolas Terzi ◽  
Pascal Usseglio-Polatera ◽  
Gaël Gheno ◽  
Dominique Savary ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Noninvasive Ventilation ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽  
Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema ◽  
Prehospital Management ◽  
Medical Emergency Teams ◽  
Prehospital Diagnosis ◽  
Current Guidelines ◽  
Retrospective Multicenter Study

Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) improves the outcome of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (AcPE) and acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (aeCOPD) but is not recommended in pneumonia. The aim of this study was to assess the appropriateness of the use of NIV in a prehospital setting, where etiological diagnostics rely mainly on clinical examination. This observational multicenter retrospective study included all the patients treated with NIV by three mobile medical emergency teams in 2015. Prehospital diagnoses and hospital diagnoses were extracted from the medical charts. The appropriateness of NIV was determined by matching the hospital diagnosis to the current guidelines. Among the 14,067 patients screened, 172 (1.2%) were treated with NIV. The more frequent prehospital diagnoses were AcPE (n = 102, 59%), acute respiratory failure of undetermined cause (n = 46, 28%) and aeCOPD (n = 17, 10%). An accurate prehospital diagnosis was more frequent for AcPE (83/88, 94%) than for aeCOPD (14/32, 44%; p < 0.01). Only two of the 25 (8%) pneumonia cases were diagnosed during prehospital management. Prehospital NIV was inappropriate for 32 (21%) patients. Patients with inappropriate NIV had a higher rate of in-hospital intubation than patients with appropriate NIV (38% vs. 8%; p < 0.001). This high frequency of inappropriate NIV could be reduced by an improvement in the prehospital detection of aeCOPD and pneumonia.

In-situ simulation

Trauma ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Schofield ◽  
Emma Welfare ◽  
Simon Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Emergency ◽  
In Situ Simulation ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Medical Emergency Teams ◽  
Clinical Workplace ◽  
Trauma Teams ◽  
New Guidelines

‘In-situ’ simulation or simulation ‘in the original place’ is gaining popularity as an educational modality. This article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of performing simulation in the clinical workplace drawing on the authors’ experience, particularly for trauma teams and medical emergency teams. ‘In-situ’ simulation is a valuable tool for testing new guidelines and assessing for latent errors in the workplace.

Effective coordination in medical emergency teams: The moderating role of task type

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 761-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Schmutz ◽  
Florian Hoffmann ◽  
Ellen Heimberg ◽  
Tanja Manser
Keyword(s):  
Task Type ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
Medical Emergency Teams ◽  
Moderating Role
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