An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation protocol: ED-ACE

Eoin Coughlan; Una Geary; Abel Wakai; Ronan O'Sullivan; John Browne; Eilish McAuliffe; Marie Ward; Fiona McDaid; Conor Deasy

doi:10.1136/emermed-2015-205611

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An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation protocol: ED-ACE

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Eoin Coughlan Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Una Geary Department of Emergency Medicine, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Abel Wakai Emergency Care Research Unit (ECRU), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin, Ireland Department of Emergency Medicine, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ronan O'Sullivan School of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Browne Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eilish McAuliffe School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, College of Health Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marie Ward School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, College of Health Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Fiona McDaid Department of Emergency Medicine, Naas Hospital, Naas, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Conor Deasy Department of Emergency Medicine, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Eoin Coughlan, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College Cork, Western Gateway Building, Western Road, Cork, T12 YN60, Ireland; eoincoughlan{at}yahoo.com

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Coughlan E, Geary U, Wakai A, et al

An introduction to the Emergency Department Adult Clinical Escalation protocol: ED-ACE

Emergency Medicine Journal 2017;34:608-612.

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Received December 7, 2015
Revised October 10, 2016
Accepted October 25, 2016
First published November 14, 2016.

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February 17, 2018

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