Patients in general wards have abnormal physical values preceding in-hospital cardiac arrest or a transfer to intensive care unit (ICU). The purpose of Medical Emergency Team (MET) or EMS is to interfere early enough in deteriorating patient status to prevent adverse outcomes like cardiac arrest or transfer to intensive care unit. The aims of this study are to record and analyze the effects of EMS and department of emergency and both afferent and efferent limbs of MET activity in Finnish tertiary Hospital.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
10,000
Tampere University Hospital
Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
In-hospital mortality
Time frame: patients are followed until death
The rates of ICU readmissions
Time frame: one month to six year
The rates of DNAR orders
Time frame: one month to six year
The number of patients EMS or medical emergency team is called to treat
We are going to analyze the number of MET calls and their impact on sudden cardiac arrests in TAUH. The time frame is 1st Jan 2010 -31st Dec 2015. It is known fact that well working MET team inside the hospital should decrease the sudden cardiac arrests. We also analyze the EMS calls and the ED visits in June 2015 to see if patient detoriation is related to sudden in-hospital death.
Time frame: one month to six years
Patient mortality after 6 mo of discharge
The patients are followed 6 mo after hospital discharge which has happened in year 2010
Time frame: one month to six year
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