Medical Emergency Teams - Implementation and Outcome Measurement (Paperback, 2006 ed.)

Why Critical Care Evolved METs? In early 2004, when Dr. Michael DeVita informed me that he was cons- ering a textbook on the new concept of Medical Emergency Teams (METs), I was surprised. At Presbyterian-University Hospital in Pittsburgh we int- duced this idea some 15 years ago, but did not think it was revolutionary enough to publish. This, even though, our fellows in critical care medicine training were all involved and informed about the importance of "C- dition C (Crisis)," as it was called to distinguish it from "Condition A (Arrest). "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. The above thoughts were logical in Pittsburgh, where the legendary Dr. Peter Safar had been working since the late 1950s on improving current resuscitation techniques, ?rst ventilation victims of apneic from drowning, treatment of smoke inhalation, and so on. This was followed by external cardiac compression upon demonstration of its ef?ciency in cases of unexpected sudden cardiac arrest. Dr. Safar devoted his entire professional life to improvement of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He and many others emphasized the importance of getting the CPR team to o- of-hospital victims of cardiac arrest as quickly as possible.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2005
First published:	2006
Editors:	Michael A. DeVita • Ken Hillman • Rinaldo Bellomo
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	296
Edition:	2006 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-27920-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Accident & emergency medicine > General Promotions
LSN:	0-387-27920-2
Barcode:	9780387279206

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!