title: Participant perceptions of a rapid response team training course.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Rapid response team (RRT) responders would benefit from training, to ensure competent and efficient management of the deteriorating patient.
  
  
  METHODS
  We obtained delegate feedback on a pilot training course for RRTs, commissioned by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS), at the second ANZICS: The Deteriorating Patient Conference.
  
  
  METHODS
  We surveyed participants on their perceptions of the course overall, and their perceptions of sessions containing presentations and videotaped and live demonstrations of simulated scenarios of patients whose conditions were deteriorating.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survey response rate was 64% (96 of 150 potential attendees). Responses were positive, with 79.8% of responses (912/1143) agreeing that the participants had learnt something new, that the course would increase their confidence and competence during RRT calls, and that it had assisted them as an educator. The course was well received overall, with the interactive and live demonstration components of the course garnering positive feedback in the comments section of surveys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was unanimous agreement by participants for further development of a formalised RRT training course for responding to the deteriorating patient. Participants who were RRT educators also supported the development of an RRT train-the-trainer course.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Lyell McEwin Hospital, Adelaide, SA, Australia. richard.chalwin@sa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chalwin
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radford
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Wellington Regional Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Psirides
authors.affiliation: Intensive and Critical Care Unit, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Russell
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laver
authors.affiliation: MET/Outreach, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bierer
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Sumeet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rai
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Knott
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyett
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Daryl
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D060731:Emergency Responders / Q000193:education*; D057209:Hospital Rapid Response Team; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D057566:Self Report