The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System Activation

Morten Føns-Sønderskov; Anne Marie Kodal; Morten Bestle; Hans Eric Sebastian Seitz-Rasmussen; Daryl A. Jones; Christian P. Subbe

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-67951-3_12

The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System Activation

Morten Føns-Sønderskov, Anne Marie Kodal, Morten Bestle, Hans Eric Sebastian Seitz-Rasmussen, Daryl A. Jones, Christian P. Subbe^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Anaesthesiology

Abstract

The timely deployment of intervention by the rapid response team is crucial to patient safety. Even short delays in response are associated with increased patient risk. Several studies have shown that patients who fulfill rapid response team call criteria but do not receive the intervention for >15 min have an increased risk of death. Such data support the importance of rapid identification and deployment of treatment and imply that the rapid response system is a lifesaving intervention.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Textbook of Rapid Response Systems : Concept and Implementation: Third Edition 2024
Editors	Michael A. DeVita
Number of pages	10
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	2025
Pages	143-152
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-67950-6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-67951-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67951-3_12
Publication status	Published - 2025

Keywords

Activation
Delay
Early warning score
Glasgow coma scale
Heart rate
Hypotension
Rapid response team
Tachypnea
Vital signs

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