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
© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA.
Keywords: adult, Australia, cardiac arrest, clinical deterioration, critical care, emergency, emergency treatment, hospital, intensive care units, rapid response team.
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