A review of inpatient ward location and the relationship to medical emergency team calls

• We identify the relationship between in-hospital location and patient outcomes• Outlier patients are more likely to require a Medical Emergency Team call• Neurosurgical and vascular outliers were twice as likely to require a MET than inliers• Outliers length of stay are five times that of inliers

Source: International Emergency Nursing - March 1, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Lauren Metcalfe, Stephen McNally, Sheree M S Smith Tags: Review Source Type: research