title: [The Cardiac Arrest Team of the Vaud University Hospital].
abstract: A resuscitation team has been organized in the CHUV for the purpose of immediate intervention on the scene of cardiac arrest or any other life-threatening condition. The team composition is as follows: 1 anesthesiologist, 1 internist (usually cardiologist) and 1 surgeon. The team is responsible for elaborate resuscitation of in-patients from the general wards as well as out-patients coming for examination or for diagnostic and medicotechnical procedures. The team was almost never called from the intensive care units, from the operating theatres or from the emergency ward. Organization of the CHUV in this respect includes (a) grouping the facilities in larger areas where an alarm is signalled both optically and acoustically, (b) a special priority paging system with pocket radio-receptors (beeps) which can reach all members of the team within seconds, and (c) standardized resuscitation carts strategically located in the hospital. During a period of 7 months the team's work was judged satisfactory. It is called in once every 3 days on average.
mesh_terms: D003201:Computers; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012151:Resuscitation; D013557:Switzerland; D013689:Telephone
vernacular_title: Le "Team AC" du Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois. Une équipe mobile de réanimateurs pour services d'hospitalisation.