Physician implicit review to identify preventable errors during in-hospital cardiac arrest.
T he overall prevalence of preventable errors during cardiacarrestsandtheirimpactonsurvivalarelargely unknown,limitingeffortstoimprovequalityofcare during theseevents.Toexplore these issues further,wehad physiciansacross4medical subspecialties—hospitalmedicine, emergency medicine, critical care medicine, and cardiovascularmedicine—performastructuredimplicit review toassessqualityofcare in47consecutivecardiacarrestsdue toventricular arrhythmiasamongadults atourhospitalbetween 2005 and 2007.