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Provides advice, tips and process guidelines from successful MET programs—a valuable exposure never before seen
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Mets and Patient Safety
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Creating a Mets System
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"The aim of this book is to provide a manual describing the approach to creating a Medical Emergency Team (MET) service and evaluating its performance. The book presents a comprehensive overview of the concept … . Examples from practice are frequently cited from a global perspective. … Chapters are self-sufficient units that each review one aspect of the MET. … it is an important guide to the dos and don’ts of establishing a MET." (Ann McGinley and Rupert M Pearse, Critical Care Forum, April, 2007)
"The medical emergency team (MET) is a concept which is aimed at identifying those hospital patients at risk of clinical deterioration. … This book aims to be a guide to health care professionals and administrators wishing to implement this concept in their hospital. It is intended primarily as a resource for those aiming to set up a MET in their hospital. … It should certainly be read by hospital administrators and those interested in quality improvement, currently working in hospitals without such teams." (L. Walker and N. R. Webster, British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol. 97 (6), 2006)
"A comprehensive multiauthored review that examines techniques for implementation and assessment of hospital-based medical emergency teams (METs). … This readable text provides great background and advice for anyone involved in implementation of a MET. … All physicians actively involved in a hospital-based practice. In addition, nurses, respiratory therapists, and hospital administrators actively involved in MET implementation will find … useful." (Nicola Schiebel, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Vol. 81 (7), July, 2006)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Medical Emergency Teams
Book Subtitle: Implementation and Outcome Measurement
Editors: Michael A. DeVita, Kenneth Hillman, Rinaldo Bellomo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27921-0
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-27920-6Published: 08 December 2005
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-27921-3Published: 03 July 2007
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 296
Number of Illustrations: 50 b/w illustrations
Topics: Intensive / Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Services, Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology