Authors
Michael A DeVita, Rinaldo Bellomo, Kenneth Hillman, John Kellum, Armando Rotondi, Dan Teres, Andrew Auerbach, Wen-Jon Chen, Kathy Duncan, Gary Kenward, Max Bell, Michael Buist, Jack Chen, Julian Bion, Ann Kirby, Geoff Lighthall, John Ovreveit, R Scott Braithwaite, John Gosbee, Eric Milbrandt, Mimi Peberdy, Lucy Savitz, Lis Young, Sanjay Galhotra
Publication date
2006/9/1
Journal
Critical care medicine
Volume
34
Issue
9
Pages
2463-2478
Publisher
LWW
Description
Background: Studies have established that physiologic instability and services mismatching precede adverse events in hospitalized patients. In response to these considerations, the concept of a Rapid Response System (RRS) has emerged. The responding team is commonly known as a medical emergency team (MET), rapid response team (RRT), or critical care outreach (CCO). Studies show that an RRS may improve outcome, but questions remain regarding the benefit, design elements, and advisability of implementing a MET system.
Methods: In June 2005 an International Conference on Medical Emergency Teams (ICMET) included experts in patient safety, hospital medicine, critical care medicine, and METs. Seven of 25 had no experience with an RRS, and the remainder had experience with one of the three major forms of RRS. After preconference telephone and e-mail conversations by the panelists in …
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