Responding to critical situations more quickly By Sandrine Pelletier
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he Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) is currently working on a pilot project with the Pediatric Medicine Unit (B9) involving
early detection of patients at risk of deteriorating. Preliminary results are so promising, it could be scaled up to the rest of the MCH. continued >
u Above: Andrée-Anne Matte, a nursing professional development educator at the MCH,
has been involved in the pilot project since its creation.
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