title: Rapid response systems: identification and management of the "prearrest state".
abstract: Rapid response systems (RRS) are both intuitive and supported by data, but the institution of an RRS is not a panacea for in-hospital cardiac arrest or unexpected deaths. RRS implementation should be one component of an institution-wide effort to improve patient safety that includes adequate nursing education and staffing, availability and involvement of a patient's primary caregivers, and hospital provision of sufficient resources and efficiency.
authors: Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. DrMcCurdy@gmail.com
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: McCurdy
authors: Samantha L
authors: SL
authors: Wood
mesh_terms: D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005544:Forecasting / Q000379:methods; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D014481:United States