Publications by authors named "John A Blott"
Crit Care Resusc
December 2013
Article Synopsis
- - The 4-hour rule in Western Australia requires emergency department patients to be admitted or discharged within 4 hours, and compliance improved significantly from 35%-46% in 2008 to 64%-75% in 2011.
- - Despite better compliance, there was an increase in ICU exit bed block and longer bed block days from 2008 to 2011, though overall ICU occupancy decreased.
- - The implementation of the 4-hour rule was linked to a reduction in hospital mortality rates, but it did not result in a significant rise in medical emergency team (MET) calls during the same period.
