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Failure to recognise patient deterioration in the general wards of our hospitals, or to act when deterioration occurs, can result in tragedy for the patient and for their family and friends. It may also have significant adverse effects on healthcare organisations and clinical staff.
Recent awareness of this problem has resulted in a better understanding of the causes of suboptimal care, and has led to the development of guidelines and recommendations for the care of the acutely ill patient in the non-critical areas of hospitals.
This focused, one-day meeting will discuss aspects of the epidemiology of potentially avoidable adverse events, guidelines and their implementation, patient safety, patient monitoring, education, research and technology related to the deteriorating in-hospital patient.
Who should attend?
- Critical care and general ward staff
- Members of critical care outreach teams/rapid response teams/medical emergency teams/patient at risk teams
- Resuscitation officers
- Clinical outcomes researchers
- Clinical governance
- Risk and patient safety officers
- Hospital Chief Executives
- Directors of Medicine and Nursing.
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