High-reliability emergency response teams in the hospital: improving quality and safety using in situ simulation training.

Derek S. Wheeler; Gary Geis; Elizabeth H. Mack; Tom LeMaster; Mary Patterson

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High-reliability emergency response teams in the hospital: improving quality and safety using in situ simulation training.

May 1, 2013

Wheeler DS, Geis G, Mack EH, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(6):507-14.

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Pediatric resuscitation simulations performed in actual patient care units during working hours were well received and helped identify several latent safety threats.

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