title: Rapid response teams: reducers of death. Find out how response teams save lives by rendering care to a patient before a cardiac or respiratory arrest occurs.
authors: Chester County Hospital in West Chester, Pa., USA.
authors: Kate J
authors: KJ
authors: Morse
authors: Deborah
authors: D
authors: Warshawsky
authors: Jacqueline M
authors: JM
authors: Moore
authors: Denise C
authors: DC
authors: Pecora
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D003422:Critical Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006766:Hospitals, County; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D013997:Time Factors