Medical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement

by RinaldoBellomo (Editor), Michael A . De Vita (Editor), KenHillman (Editor)

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  2005

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  We thought it absurd to intervene only after cardiac arrest had occurred,because most cases showed prior deterioration and cardiac arrest could be prevented with rapid team work to correct precluding problems. This was followed by external cardiac compression upon demonstration of its ef?ciency in cases of unexpected sudden cardiac arrest.