From: Long term effect of a medical emergency team on cardiac arrests in a teaching hospital
Pre-METa | Education phasea | Post-MET implementationa | |
---|---|---|---|
Code Blue calls | 100 | 116 | 327 |
Documented cardiac arrests | 66 | 51 | 162 |
Missing data | 1 | 11 | 36 |
NFR patients (arrests in NFR patients) | 4 (2) | 7 (5) | 18 (17) |
Not cardiac arrests | 31 | 49 | 112 |
Faint | 4 | 4 | 11 |
Seizure | 7 | 2 | 11 |
H&M | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Surgical bleeding | 2 | 0 | 10 |
Respiratory distress | 13 | 19 | 38 |
Change GCS | 1 | 8 | 13 |
Hypotension | 2 | 10 | 17 |
Arrhythmia | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Chest pain | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Admissions | 16,246 | 25,216 | 104,001 |
Cardiac arrestsb | |||
Number | 66 | 62 | 198 |
Number/1,000 admissions | 4.06 | 2.45 | 1.90 |
Odds ratio for risk of cardiac arrest compared to before MET | 0.60 (95% CI 0.43–0.86) p = 0.004 | 0.47 (95% CI 0.35–0.62) p < 0.0001 |