Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 12 , Pages 1676-1681 , December 2010

Successful implementation of a family and patient activated rapid response team in an adult level 1 trauma center

Received 8 April 2010 ,Revised 8 June 2010 ,Accepted 16 June 2010.

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☆ “A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.020”.

PII: S0300-9572(10)00367-9

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2010.06.020

Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 12 , Pages 1676-1681 , December 2010

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