Rapid response systems: identification and management of the "prearrest state".

Authors :: McCurdy MT
Wood SL
Source :: Emergency medicine clinics of North America [Emerg Med Clin North Am] 2012 Feb; Vol. 30 (1), pp. 141-52. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Oct 15.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Rapid response systems (RRS) are both intuitive and supported by data, but the institution of an RRS is not a panacea for in-hospital cardiac arrest or unexpected deaths. RRS implementation should be one component of an institution-wide effort to improve patient safety that includes adequate nursing education and staffing, availability and involvement of a patient's primary caregivers, and hospital provision of sufficient resources and efficiency.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)