Reducing cardiac arrests in the acute admissions unit

"Through adoption of a shared goal, application of improvement methodology including the model for improvement to test new innovations, and promotion of a safety culture in the AAU, cardiac arrests were successfully reduced to <1/1000 admissions per month with an associated significant fall in mortality. This was achieved with negligible cost."

Reducing cardiac arrests in the acute admissions unit: a quality improvement journey
DJ Beckett, M Inglis, S Oswald, E Thomson, W Harley, J Wilson, RC Lloyd, KD Rooney
BMJ Quality & Safety, 2013, 7(17)

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Fast track for a foot attack: reducing amputations

"Amputations have been reduced by over 50% where hospitals have introduced multidisciplinary footcare teams and promoted rapid access to them."

Putting feet first: fast track for a foot attack: reducing amputations
Diabetes UK
February 2013

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