Open Access<p>Perioperative Medical Emergencies in a 23-Hour Surgical Procedure Unit</p>
Author(s) -
Joseph De Zylva,
Kym Osborn
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s268938
Subject(s) - perioperative , medicine , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , anesthesia
Our 174-bed hospital operates a 23-hour/day procedure unit without a dedicated on-site high dependency unit or intensive care unit. The purpose of this investigation is to assess the incidence of medical emergency response (MER) and Code Blue (CB) events over 12 months.