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Changing cardiac arrest and hospital mortality rates through a medical emergency team takes time and constant review.
Santamaria J, Tobin A, Holmes J. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:445-450.
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Communication errors in dispatch of air medical transport.
Vilensky D, Macdonald RD. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2011;15:39-43.
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A survey of nurses' beliefs about the medical emergency team system in a Canadian tertiary hospital.
Bagshaw SM, Mondor EE, Scouten C, et al; Capital Health Medical Emergency Team Investigators. Am J Crit Care. 2010;19:74-83.
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Factors associated with misdiagnosis of acute stroke in young adults.
Kuruvilla A, Bhattacharya P, Rajamani K, Chaturvedi S. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2011;20:523-527.
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Medication prescribing errors in the prehospital setting and in the ED.
Lifshitz AE, Goldstein LH, Sharist M, et al. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30:726-731.
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Implementation of Condition Help: family teaching and evaluation of family understanding.
Hueckel RM, Mericle JM, Frush K, Martin PL, Champagne MT. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:176-181.
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES
Joint Policy Statement—Guidelines for Care of Children in the Emergency Department.
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine; American College of Emergency Physicians Pediatric Committee; Emergency Nurses Association Pediatric Committee. Pediatrics. 2009;124:1233-1243.
COMMENTARY
A serious threat to patient safety: the unintended misuse of FentaNYL patches.
Paparella SF. J Emerg Nurs. 2013;39:245-247.
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Are temporary staff associated with more severe emergency department medication errors?
Pham JC, Andrawis M, Shore AD, Fahey M, Morlock L, Pronovost PJ. J Healthc Qual. 2011;33:9-18.
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Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.
Griffey RT, Bohan JS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:344-346.
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Medication reconciliation in a rural trauma population.
Miller SL, Miller S, Balon J, Helling TS. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52:483-491.
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A review of current and emerging approaches to address failure-to-rescue.
Taenzer AH, Pyke JB, McGrath SP. Anesthesiology. 2011;115:421-431.
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A reduction in cardiac arrests and duration of clinical instability after implementation of a paediatric rapid response system.
Hanson CC, Randolph GD, Erickson JA, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:500-504.
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Characteristics and outcomes of patients receiving a medical emergency team review for respiratory distress or hypotension.
Quach JL, Downey AW, Haase M, et al. J Crit Care. 2008;23:325-331.
COMMENTARY
ISMP medication error report analysis.
Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:696–698.
REVIEW
Crisis resource management in emergency medicine.
Carne B, Kennedy M, Gray T. Emerg Med Australas. 2012;24:7-13.
COMMENTARY
Discharge Fumbles.
Forster A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.
REVIEW
Nurses' role in detecting deterioration in ward patients: systematic literature review.
Odell M, Victor C, Oliver D. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:1992-2006.
STUDY
An objective study of the impact of the electronic medical record on outcomes in trauma patients.
Schenarts PJ, Goettler CE, White MA, Waibel BH. Am Surg. 2012;78:1249-1254.
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Validation of a diagnostic reminder system in emergency medicine: a multi-centre study.
Ramnarayan P, Cronje N, Brown R, et al. Emerg Med J. 2007;24:619-624.
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