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Before a Code Blue!

I am starting a new thread as I would like to know if you have a similar system in the USA?

In some hospitals throughout Australia we have a system that if a patient falls out of parameters ie their condition deteriorates. Then we can call a M.E.R.T - medical emergency response team. The team - generally comes from ICU is sent to assess the patient and if need be transfered either back to ICU or CCU depending on the outcome of their condition. Rather than wait until the person has collapsed or is not breathing for a Code Blue.

This system has been invaluable and has saved many lives.

Any feedback will be most welcomed.

Cheers:confused:

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Every hospital in the US will have to develop a rapid response team if they don't all ready have one as it either is now or soon will be a JACOH requirement. Our RRT is actually staffed independently. By this I mean we have a separate job description for a "Rapid Response RN" and that is all they do when on shift. Oh they might occasionally throw an IV in now and again but their primary responsibility is responding as a member of the RRT. They have their own office where they hang out and have developed their own protocols. Mind you I work in a HUGE university hospital system with 4 separate hospitals (Heart, Cancer, General, and Rehab) on the same campus. These nurses do not respond to codes or traumas only medical alerts within the system. As large as the area is they must be wearing roller-blades!!!

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