Call For Help! The Importance of Role Delineation in a Standardized Contrast Media Emergency Response Protocol.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

With the use of intravenous contrast in medical imaging, radiologists and radiology personnel will inevitably encounter adverse events at their imaging facilities. At our institution, the stress of these emergency scenarios led to disorderly and unsafe responses by the staff. We present a quality improvement project, where our team addressed these unsafe emergency responses. Through explicit role delineation and standardization, we created an effective and efficient emergency response protocol that was replicable throughout our healthcare organization.

Volume

48

Issue

2

First Page

111

Last Page

113

ISSN

1535-6302

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

30121160

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

Share

COinS