Content supplied by Dr Cameron Knott, February 2016

Overview

MET call team behaviour

MET call team set-up

Team communication

 Types of problems seen on MET calls

A framework for approaching a MET call as an ICU registrar

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Approach to MET scenarios

Staff concern

The Dying Patient

Hypoxic - Type I Respiratory Failure

Hypercapnoeic - Type II Respiratory Failure

Atrial Fibrillation

Hypotension and CV shock

Altered Conscious State

The Agitated Patient

Oliguria/Anuria

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Bibliography:​
Jones D, D. G. (2006). Medical Emergency Team syndromes and an approach to their management. Critical Care, 10(1).