Emergency department-based rapid response team for hospital visitors, employees, and ambulatory clinic patients

The hospital's rapid response team (RRT) provides evaluation, triage, and management to patients who unexpectantly require a higher level of medical care [1]. RRTs have been shown to reduce in-hospital cardiorespiratory arrests in both adult and pediatric populations [2,3]. RRTs are traditionally developed for hospitalized patients and don't account for the unexpected deterioration of visitors, employees, and ambulatory clinic patients within the hospital campus. Minimal literature has been published surrounding this topic, and no workflows have been described to date [5-7].

Source: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine - November 27, 2020 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Evan Yanni, David Koterwas, Ee Tein Tay Source Type: research