Simon Cooper is an Associate Professor at Monash University in Australia and developed the First2Act website which looks at the management of the deteriorating patient using multi media teaching tools. The website is a free resource and will prove very helpful for those trying to work with this kind of patient.
Some of the links we talk about can be found below:
http://emergencyeyetracking.com/
http://medicalemergencyteam.com/
http://first2actweb.com/index.php/project-team/
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/nursing/staff/simon-cooper.html
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