Background: The goals of a

medical emergency team (MET) are the early identification and treatment of potentially unstable conditions among in-hospital patients so that unexpected car-diac arrests, deaths, and un-planned intensive care unit (ICU) admissions may be pre-vented. The team usually con-sists of a physician, nurse and respiratory therapist skilled at critical and emergency care. A number of studies have shown an association between MET system implementation and de