The Extended Rapid Response System: 1-Year Experience in a University Hospitalopen access
- Authors
- Kwak, Hyun Jung; Yun, InA; Kim, Sang-Heon; Sohn, Jang Won; Shin, Dong Ho; Yoon, Ho Joo; Kim, Gheun-Ho; Lee, Tchun Young; Park, Sung Soo; Lim, Young-Hyo
- Issue Date
- Mar-2014
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Rapid Response System; Implementation; Extended RRS; At-Risk Patient; Death; Sudden; Cardiac; Mortality
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.29, no.3, pp.423 - 430
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 423
- End Page
- 430
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/160530
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.3.423
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
- Abstract
- The rapid response system (RRS) is an innovative system designed for in-hospital, at-risk patients but underutilization of the RRS generally results in unexpected cardiopulmonary arrests. We implemented an extended RRS (E-RRS) that was triggered by actively screening at-risk patients prior to calls from primary medical attendants. These patients were identified from laboratory data, emergency consults, and step-down units. A four-member rapid response team was assembled that included an ICU staff, and the team visited the patients more than twice per day for evaluation, triage, and treatment of the patients with evidence of acute physiological decline. The goal was to provide this treatment before the team received a call from the patient's primary physician. We sought to describe the effectiveness of the E-RRS at preventing sudden and unexpected arrests and in-hospital mortality. Over the 1-yr intervention period, 2,722 patients were screened by the E-RRS program from 28,661 admissions. There were a total of 1,996 E-RRS activations of simple consultations for invasive procedures. After E-RRS implementation, the mean hospital code rate decreased by 31.1% and the mean in-hospital mortality rate was reduced by 15.3%. In conclusion, the implementation of E-RRS is associated with a reduction in the in-hospital code and mortality rates.
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