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Journal Article
Rapid-Response Teams
2011
Overview
Rapid-response teams aim to care for inpatients in whom acute respiratory, neurologic, or cardiac insufficiency is developing. This review describes the prevalence and consequences of sudden critical illness outside the ICU and discusses the rationale for rapid-response systems.
Rapid-response teams have been introduced to intervene in the care of patients with unexpected clinical deterioration. These teams are key components of rapid-response systems, which have been put in place because of evidence of “failure to rescue” with available clinical services, leading to serious adverse events.
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A serious adverse event may be defined as an unintended injury that is due in part to delayed or incorrect medical management and that exposes the patient to an increased risk of death and results in measurable disability.
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Rapid-response systems aim to improve the safety of hospital-ward patients whose condition is deteriorating. These systems . . .
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
