title: Rapid response team effectiveness.
abstract: The purpose of this integrated review of the literature was to summarize the evidence surrounding the effectiveness of rapid response teams. Studies included in this review were written within the last 10 years, in English, and examined the effectiveness of having a rapid response team. Pediatric studies were excluded from this review. There was a reduction in all cardiac arrests found in 60% of the studies reviewed as well as a reduction in mortality associated with cardiac arrests.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Butner
mesh_terms: D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data