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Rapid Response Team Responses
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To the Editor: In response to the Commentary by Drs Winters, Pham, and Pronovost1 regarding rapid response teams (RRTs), we would like to describe why our institution became interested in implementing this intervention despite what the authors describe as equivocal published evidence.
Rapid response teams are specifically designed to address failure to rescue, which usually stems from (1) failure to recognize a problem, (2) failure to plan for the problem, or (3) failure to communicate regarding the problem.2 Sentinel event reviews, mandated by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations,3 confirmed that these 3 themes were often present when unexpected occurrences unfolded at our institution. These reviews of our own care experience, albeit unpublished and observational in nature, convinced us that implementing an RRT was worth a try.
This situation may be similar to that of pulse oximetry, which was adopted as a standard of care not because of . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Stephen D. Surgenor, MD
stephen.d.surgenor@hitchcock.org
Christopher K. Cook, DO;
Scott Slogic, RT;
Lisabeth L. Maloney, MD;
George T. Blike, MD
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
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