Physician Implicit Review to Identify Preventable Errors During In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Renuka Jain,
Latoya Kuhn,
William Repaskey,
Paul S. Chan,
Steven L. Kronick,
Scott A. Flanders,
Brahmajee K. Nallamothu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.475
Subject(s) - medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency
T he overall prevalence of preventable errors during cardiacarrestsandtheirimpactonsurvivalarelargely unknown,limitingeffortstoimprovequalityofcare during theseevents.Toexplore these issues further,wehad physiciansacross4medical subspecialties—hospitalmedicine, emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and cardiovascularmedicine—performastructuredimplicit review toassessqualityofcare in47consecutivecardiacarrestsdue toventricular arrhythmiasamongadults atourhospitalbetween 2005 and 2007.
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