A controlled trial of a rapid response system in an academic medical center.
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.
Rothschild
Jeffrey M
JM
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. jrothschild@partners.org
Woolf
Seth
S
Finn
Kathleen M
KM
Friedberg
Mark W
MW
Lemay
Cindy
C
Furbush
Kelly A
KA
Williams
Deborah H
DH
Bates
David W
DW
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