Cardiac arrest team
Glossary Item Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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| METEOR identifier: | 593891 |
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| Definition: | A team, led by trained medical officers, designated to respond to calls for assistance following the cardiac arrest of a hospital patient. |
| Context: | Admitted patient care. |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| Comments: | The goal of the cardiac arrest team is to provide a rapid effective response to a patient's cardiac arrest. This usually involves the 4 steps of basic life support as a first response, selection and dosage of the first drug administered, sequence and dose of subsequent administered drugs, and finally use of defibrillation, synchronised cardioversion, and/or pacing at the correct strength or rate. |
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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
| Related metadata references: | See also Intensive care liaison nurses
See also Medical emergency team
See also Rapid response team
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| Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response team type, code N
Hospital rapid response calls cluster
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