Staff education, 'tough love' key to RRT success.
ICU decreases cardiac arrests per 1,000 discharges by 44%. It's important to establish call criteria for rapid response team early on in the program. Intense staff education and culture change are challenging but absolutely essential.
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D003422:Critical Care; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000517:prevention & control; D007318:Inservice Training; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009820:Ohio; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D015279:Organizational Culture; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013997:Time Factors