Articles: emergency-services.
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The majority of attempts to resuscitate victims of prehospital cardiopulmonary arrest are unsuccessful, and patients are frequently transported to the emergency department for further resuscitation efforts. We evaluated the efficacy and costs of continued hospital resuscitation for patients in whom resuscitation efforts outside the hospital have failed. ⋯ In general, continued resuscitation efforts in the emergency department for victims of cardiopulmonary arrest in whom prehospital resuscitation has failed are not worthwhile, and they consume precious institutional and economic resources without gain.
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Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. · Nov 1991
ReviewQuality assurance for the radiology-emergency interface.
Quality assurance does not have to be a dirty word. Developing indicators, identifying trends, taking action, and reassessing the results can significantly benefit the technical and nursing staff, emergency physicians, radiologists, and, especially, the patients.