Hospital rapid response team
Overview
Hospital rapid response teams are "multidisciplinary team most frequently consisting of intensive care unit trained personnel who are available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week for evaluation of patients who develop signs or symptoms of severe clinical deterioration."[1]
Structure
Hospital rapid response teams have four components:[2]
- The afferent limb identifies clinical deterioration in patients and triggers a response.
- The efferent limb "is the response, which includes both the personnel and the equipment brought to the patient."
- Patient safety and quality improvement constitute the third component, which monitors performance of the system and provides feedback.
- Administration and governance
Afferent limb
Efferent limb
Effectiveness
The use of hospital rapid response teams are associated with reduced mortality.[3][4]
References
- ↑ "Hospital Rapid Response Team - MeSH - NCBI". Retrieved 2017-04-04.
- ↑ Jones DA, DeVita MA, Bellomo R (2011). "Rapid-response teams". N Engl J Med. 365 (2): 139–46. doi:10.1056/NEJMra0910926. PMID 21751906.
- ↑ De Jong A, Jung B, Daurat A, Chanques G, Mahul M, Monnin M; et al. (2016). "Effect of rapid response systems on hospital mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Intensive Care Med. 42 (4): 615–7. doi:10.1007/s00134-016-4263-1. PMID 26921184.
- ↑ Maharaj R, Raffaele I, Wendon J (2015). "Rapid response systems: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Crit Care. 19: 254. doi:10.1186/s13054-015-0973-y. PMC 4489005. PMID 26070457.