Callers, reasons, and dispositions from MET calls
| Caller (%) | Reason for call (%) | Disposition (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurse | 62 | Hypoxaemia | 47 | Intensive care | 47 |
| Doctor | 10 | Respiratory distress | 39 | Reviewed on ward | 24 |
| Nurse and doctor | 17 | “Worried” | 27 | No revision on ward | 21 |
| Other | 11 | Airway threat | 27 | Other transferral | 8 |
| Altered neurological status | 20 | ||||
| Tachycardia | 14 | ||||
| Tachypnoea | 13 | ||||
| Bradycardia | 7 | ||||
| Cardiac arrest | 2 | ||||
| Hypotension | 2 | ||||