OBJECTIVES To design a computerised system of calculating resuscitation requirements and to test this system to ensure that it gives accurate and fast results, so that it could potentially be used in the resuscitation of patients in a accident and emergency (A&E) department. METHODS Using internet based technology we have developed a program that runs inside most web browsers and can be used ...

Safety in the clinical environment is based on structures that reduce the probability of harm, on evidence that enhances the likelihood of actions that increase favourable outcomes, and on explicit directions that lead to decisions to implement the actions dictated by this evidence. A clinical decision error rate of only 1% threatens patient safety at a distressing frequency. Explicit computeri...