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A 5 page research paper that discusses Medical Emergency Teams (METs), which are also known as rapid response teams, aid hospitals by addressing the "warning signs of patient crises" (Finding back value, 2007, p. 64). This is a strategy that holds the promise of reducing not only hospital mortality rates, but also length of stays and their associated higher costs (Finding back value, 2007). MET calls bring the skills and knowledge of an intensive care unit (ICU) to the bedside, and, in so doing, facilitate positive patient outcomes by addressing crisis conditions often before they reach full emergency status (Hillman, 2008). Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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not only hospital mortality rates, but also length of stays and their associated higher costs (Finding back value, 2007). Typically a MET is composed of "nurses, physicians and respiratory
therapists," who have the "critical care capabilities...to prescribe drugs and treatment, provide advanced airway management, establish central vascular access," and, in general, begin intensive care level of service at the
bedside (Finding back value, 2007, p. 64). In short, MET calls bring the skills and knowledge of an intensive care unit (ICU) to the bedside, and, in so doing, facilitate
positive patient outcomes by addressing crisis conditions often before they reach full emergency status (Hillman, 2008). Signs and assessments: In contrast to a "code blue team," which is an
emergency response to cardiac arrest-a situation in which the patients condition has already deteriorated--a MET is intended to respond before a patient experiences cardiac arrest (Scholle and Mininni, 2006). METs
are intended to respond to emergency situations, in which the patients condition is clearly deteriorating, before a cardiac arrest occurs. In response to a call, MET personnel respond, evaluate a
situation and provide emergency care, if required. In general, the patients crisis will be "resolved in the unit" within a half hour or the patient will be transferred to an
intensive care unit (ICU) (Scholle and Mininni, 2006, p. 37). Bedside nurses are encouraged in many hospitals to make a MET call at the first indication of deterioration in
the patients condition (Scholle and Mininni, 2006). The signs of impeding cardiac arrest are: * mean arterial pressure less than 70 or more than 130 mm Hg; * heart
rate less than 45 or more than 125; * respiratory rate less than 10 or more than 30; * complaints of chest pain; * change in mental status (Scholle and
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