Rapid response team
Glossary Item Attributes
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Metadata item type: | Glossary Item |
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Synonymous names: | RRT team; Team providing a rapid response |
METEOR identifier: | 592338 |
Registration status: | Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 |
Definition: | A team of designated clinical staff trained to respond rapidly to urgent calls for help when it is suspected or apparent that a patient is experiencing serious clinical deterioration. |
Context: | Admitted patient care. |
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Comments: | The goal of the rapid response team (RRT) is early recognition and response to change in a patient’s condition, and to prevent further deterioration and to decide if enhanced levels of care are appropriate (for example, in the high-dependency or intensive care units). The RRT call is a formal hospital-based system, designed for a staff member to alert and call designated RRT staff for help when a patient’s vital signs have fallen outside safe criteria. Medical emergency teams are one of the 3 main 'rapid response systems' currently in practice in Australian hospitals for delivering emergency health-care assistance. The other 2 are critical care outreach, which may involve external clinicians and resources, and intensive care liaison nurses. |
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Submitting organisation: | Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Related metadata references: | See also Cardiac arrest team Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 See also Intensive care liaison nurses Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 See also Medical emergency team Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 |
Metadata items which use this glossary item: | Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response call date Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response call date, DDMMYYYY Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response call time Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response call time, hhmm Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response outcome Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response outcome, code N[N] Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response team type Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response team type, code N Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 High priority hospital complications (patient clinical deterioration) NBPDS 2015- Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Hospital rapid response calls cluster Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Rapid response call date Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Rapid response call time Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Rapid response outcome Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 Rapid response team type Health!, Standard 04/09/2015 |