What does a rapid response team do in a hospital?
A rapid response team is a group of clinicians that nurses and other hospital staff can call upon at any time to provide critical care expertise at the bedside of a patient whose condition is deteriorating.
How do I contact rapid response team?
Referrals to the Rapid Response team are accepted from health professionals between the hours of 8am and 8pm on weekdays and 9am and 5pm at weekends. The telephone number for referrals is through our Single Point of Access number – 020 8274 7088.
What is a rapid response code in a hospital?
The clear difference is that a rapid response is for the prevention of serious injury, cardiac arrest, and respiratory arrest, and a code blue is called for a person who has stopped breathing, or who does not have a heart beat, with the goal of resuscitation.
What is NHS rapid response?
Rapid Response is a short term intervention service for people with an acute illness. The aim of team is to prevent patient’s admission to hospital and support discharge from hospital. For patient’s recovering from ill health, a programme can be devised to promote independence, wherever possible.
Who can refer to rapid response?
To use this service you’ll need a referral from your doctor (GP) or another health care professional. You may also be referred to this service if you call 111 and they think you would benefit. The London Ambulance Service might also call the team if they think you would benefit from our care.
What is the role of a rapid response nurse?
Rapid response nurses are part of an expert clinical team in the acute care area, whose main goal is to prevent deaths and arrest hemodynamic decline in patients outside of intensive care units.
How does a rapid response team work?
Rapid response teams represent an intuitively simple concept: When a patient demonstrates signs of imminent clinical deterioration, a team of providers is summoned to the bedside to immediately assess and treat the patient with the goal of preventing intensive care unit transfer, cardiac arrest, or death.
What do rapid response do?
The service aims to: avoid unnecessary hospital admissions; support hospital discharges; and provide unscheduled nursing care out of hours, including crisis management for patients at the end of their life. The team at each site comprises a matron, registered nurses and health care assistants.