Conscious sedation on a general ward: the MET and clinical governance.

Stephen Warrillow; Rinaldo Bellomo; Daryl Jones

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Conscious sedation on a general ward: the MET and clinical governance.

February 14, 2007

Warrillow S, Bellomo R, Jones D. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(2):112-7, 61.

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The authors present a case study of the use of a medical emergency team (MET) to manage a difficult airway in an elderly patient and the subsequent review of the incident by the clinical governance board.

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