title: A controlled trial of a rapid response system in an academic medical center.
abstract: A medical emergency team composed of house staff and existing float-pool nurses was successfully implemented on the general medical floor of an academic medical center without increasing personnel. The intervention had little noticeable impact, although the number of cardiac arrests and deaths were low both before and after the intervention.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jrothschild@partners.org
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rothschild
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Woolf
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Finn
authors.forename: Mark W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lemay
authors.forename: Kelly A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Furbush
authors.forename: Deborah H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010360:Patient Transfer