Hospitals try to break a deadly 'code'
Rapid response teams helping to save lives
Every year, thousands of patients suffer a cardiac or respiratory arrest in what seems like the best possible spot, the place most likely to guarantee their survival: A hospital bed. But despite their proximity to nurses, doctors, and life-saving medical equipment, more than 80 percent of patients who ''code" in the hospital die before going home. (Full article: 1416 words)
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