title: Stop the escalation before it begins by using the pediatric Behavior Response Team protocol.
abstract: In today's world, clinicians need to be prepared to care for challenging patients and families that are struggling with the stress of illness and hospitalization and have inadequate coping skills. The University of Michigan Health System (UMHS) has developed a protocol identifying a team with representatives from psychiatry, security, and risk management to provide a rapid response in situations that historically have resulted in, at worst, sentinel/adverse events and at best, service disasters. The pediatric BRT protocol formalizes the purpose of the team, how staff should access them, and the expectation for involved staff to debrief about the interventions at identified times. It has proven to be an effective intervention and allows clinicians to provide needed care to the patients.
authors: Department of Risk Management, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors: Karen
authors: K
authors: Adkins-Bley
authors: Barbara K
authors: BK
authors: Shaw
authors: Josh
authors: J
authors: Smith
authors: Eileen
authors: E
authors: McMyler
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002648:Child; D002673:Child, Hospitalized; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods*; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D012308:Risk Management; D012637:Security Measures; D012947:Social Work