Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Sep 2003
Pandemic influenza-implications for critical care resources in Australia and New Zealand.
To quantify resource requirements (additional beds and ventilator capacity), for critical care services in the event of pandemic influenza. ⋯ Australasian critical care services would be overwhelmed in the event of pandemic influenza. More work is required in relation to modelling, contingency plans, and resource allocation.
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Journal of critical care · Sep 2003
A clinical model for Health Services Research-the Medical Emergency Team.
Health Services Research (HSR) is a relatively recent discipline which describes how health care delivery occurs and the evaluation of that care. The implementation of a Medical Emergency Team (MET) is an example of a health service intervention. ⋯ The concept is based on early intervention and resuscitation of the seriously ill, hopefully leading to improved outcomes from intensive care and perhaps even avoiding admission to an intensive care unit. The problems of implementing major health service change and evaluating the effectiveness of that change presents a different challenge to evaluating a new drug or procedure and is approached within different research frameworks.