Prevalence of Patient Vigilance System management plans before and after rapid response system calls

Cindy Chau; Winston Cheung; Vineta Sahai; Kirrilee Phillips; Michelle Waite; Rodney Jacobs; Lawrence Mead

doi:10.1071/AH23074

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Prevalence of Patient Vigilance System management plans before and after rapid response system calls

Cindy Chau ^A , Winston Cheung ^A ^B ^C ^* , Vineta Sahai ^A , Kirrilee Phillips ^A , Michelle Waite ^A , Rodney Jacobs ^A and Lawrence Mead ^A

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^A Concord Repatriation General Hospital, NSW, Australia.

^B Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

^C The George Institute for Global Health - Australia, NSW, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: Winston.cheung@health.nsw.gov.au

Australian Health Review 47(3) 386-388 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH23074
Submitted: 11 April 2023 Accepted: 13 April 2023 Published: 4 May 2023

Keywords: adult, Australia, cardiac arrest, clinical deterioration, critical care, emergency, emergency treatment, hospital, intensive care units, rapid response team.

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