PART 2 Flashcards
Measures the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values.
MUST KNOW THE MEAN
Standard deviation
Values are very close to the mean
Low Standard deviation
Curve is more spread out. Values are spread out over a wider range
High Standard deviation
(AKA Hospital Death Rate) - Proportion of inpatient deaths expressed as a percentage in relation to the total number of discharges
Gross Death Rate
- Death is a type of discharge disposition-Deaths are always included in the total discharges
- If deaths of newborn are included in numerator they need to be included in the dominator
- Patients who present dead on arrival to the emergency room are not included in gross death rate
- Patients who die while they are being treated in the emergency room are not included in gross death rate
- Patients that die in the hospital while in an outpatient setting are not included in the gross death rate
- Fetal deaths are not included in the gross death rate, but they are calculated separately
- We carry it out 3 places and then round it back to two decimal places
- If your percentage is less then 1 precent place a 0 Infront of the decimal. So, you don’t confuse 0.25% with 25%
Guidelines to Factor in When Calculating Death Rates
Excludes any deaths of patients who were admitted and died less then 48 hours of admission
Net Death Rate
Determine the ratio of deaths caused by anesthetic agents has compared to the number of anesthetic agents administered.
Anesthesia Death Rate
What are the 3 types of Anesthesia?
General, Regional, and Local
Patient is entirely put to sleep, their whole body
General Anesthesia
Removes the ability to feel any pain or sensations in a specific region of the body
EX: spinal block or nerve block
Regional Anesthesia
Numbs a small area of the body
EX: dentist when you receive numbing prior to a cavity repair or root canal
Local Anesthesia
