The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7288 p237
28 February 2004

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Use 2222 as crash call number

The telephone number used within hospitals to summon emergency care staff to patients suffering a cardiac arrest should be standardised, says the National Patient Safety Agency. It suggests that all NHS acute trusts in England and Wales should use the number 2222.