Medical emergency team calls: the need to communicate a resuscitation plan.

Matthew MacPartlin; Kenneth M. Hillman

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Medical emergency team calls: the need to communicate a resuscitation plan.

January 5, 2017

MacPartlin M, Hillman KM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33(1):54-6, 1.

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This case report illustrates a communication breakdown where a rapid response team was called despite documentation regarding a patient's do-not-resuscitate status.

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