Table 3

 Action taken during MET calls

Action(%)
Other treatments: drugs (bronchodilators, adrenaline aerosol, antibiotics, sedatives, naloxone, flumazenil, sedatives, opiates), blood tests, x rays, echocardiography, MRI, oesophageal pacing, pericardial tap.
Advice only23
Oxygen30
Basic airway support (alone)18
Bag-valve-mask ventilation21
Endotracheal intubation +/− ventilation8
External cardiac compression2
DC shock0.6
Venous cannulation16
Central venous cannulation2
Intraosseous cannulation0.6
Resuscitation fluids17
Resuscitation drugs4