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Rapid Response Team: Rapid response teams represent an intuitively simple concept: when a patient demonstrates signs of imminent clinical deterioration, a team of providers is summoned to the bedside to immediately assess and treat the patient with the goal of preventing adverse clinical outcomes... Read Full Glossary Entry >

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SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Frush KS, Hohenhaus SM, eds. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:213-277.

BOOK/REPORT

Committed to Safety: Ten Case Studies on Reducing Harm to Patients.

McCarthy D, Blumenthal D. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; April 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Have you M.E.T. the future of better patient safety?

Larson L. Trustee. September 2005;58:6-10.

STUDY

Pediatric rapid response teams in the academic medical center.

Mistry KP, Turi J, Hueckel R, Mericle JM, Meliones JN. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:241-247.

STUDY

Nurse decision making in the prearrest period.

Gazarian PK, Henneman EA, Chandler GE. Clin Nurs Res. 2010;19:21-37.

REVIEW

A review of current and emerging approaches to address failure-to-rescue.

Taenzer AH, Pyke JB, McGrath SP. Anesthesiology. 2011;115:421-431.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Teams quicken response in medical emergencies.

Srikameswaran A. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. July 17, 2005;Health section.

COMMENTARY

Rolling out the rapid response team.

Gallagher-Ford L, Fineout-Overholt E, Melnyk BM, Stillwell SB. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:42-47.

STUDY

Nurses' perceptions of simulation-based interprofessional training program for rapid response and code blue events.

Wehbe-Janek H, Lenzmeier CR, Ogden PE, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2012;27:43-50.

STUDY

How RNs rescue patients: a qualitative study of RNs' perceived involvement in rapid response teams.

Leach LS, Mayo A, O'Rourke M. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e13.

COMMENTARY

Eliminating preventable death at Ascension Health.

Tolchin S, Brush R, Lange P, Bates P, Garbo JJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:145-154.

STUDY

Differences in outcomes between ICU attending and senior resident physician led medical emergency team responses.

Morris DS, Schweickert W, Holena D, et al. Resuscitation. 2012;83:1434-1437.

COMMENTARY

Development of a modified early warning score using the electronic medical record.

Albert BL, Huesman L. Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2011;30:283-292.

COMMENTARY

A pediatric medical emergency team manages a complex child with hypoxia and a worried parent.

Shilkofski NA, Hunt EA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:236-241.

STUDY

Rapid response teams: qualitative analysis of their effectiveness.

Leach LS, Mayo AM. Am J Crit Care. 2013;22:198-210.

COMMENTARY

Rethinking rapid response teams.

Litvak E, Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:1375-1376.

COMMENTARY

Using an advanced practice nursing model for a rapid response team.

Benson L, Mitchell C, Link M, Carlson G, Fisher J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:743-747.

COMMENTARY

Experience with family activation of rapid response teams.

Bogert S, Ferrell C, Rutledge DN. Medsurg Nurs. 2010;19:215-222.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

COMMENTARY

Rapid response systems: from implementation to evidence base.

Sarani B, Scott S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:514-517.

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