1. Managing deterioration through high fidelity simulation.
- Author
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WILLIAMS, GLEN and CHONG, NIGEL
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CHILD health services , *SIMULATION methods in education , *EMERGENCY medical services , *HEALTH care teams , *HOSPITAL health promotion programs , *CONTINUING education of nurses , *NURSING assessment , *PERSONNEL management , *ACUTE diseases , *EARLY medical intervention , *NURSING ,CARDIAC arrest prevention - Abstract
The article discusses guide lines for the proper management of patient deterioration that have been issued by the Australian Commission in Safety and Quality in Health Care. A discussion of a patient deterioration management program which has been implemented at Calvary Health Care Launceston in collaboration with the University of Tasmania school of nursing and midwifery, and which uses high fidelity simulation techniques, is presented.
- Published
- 2010