The Acute Coronary Syndromes Clinical Care Standard contains six quality statements describing the care that a patient with acute coronary syndrome should be offered.

This week’s issue includes items on care in emergency departments and in primary care, on medical devices, never events, coordination and communication, shared decision making and medication safety, and more.

Also covered are new issues of BMJ Quality & Safety, the Journal of Patient Safety & Risk Management, Australian Journal of Primary Health and The Milbank Quarterly, along with the latest online papers from BMJ Quality & Safety and the International Journal for Quality in Health Care.

Measuring unexpected cardiopulmonary arrest rates is one way of measuring the impact of a rapid response system.