Difference between RRT and Code blue team

[Chedely]

Hello,

I was hoping someone could clarify something for me. I am a 4th year nursing student and I am writing a proposal to introduce a code team for a small rural hospital.

I was hoping that someone could clarify the difference between the rapid response team (RRT) and the responding team to a code blue. I know the RRT team responds when a patient is so called "circling the drain" where as a code blue is called when a patient is pretty much "in the drain".

My question is: Is the RRT the same as the code blue team? Is it comprised of the same team members? I have found articles discussing the difference an RRT makes in patient care and the effectiveness, but I'm not sure if i can apply it to a code blue team. This is specific to a trauma coming in to the ER in a rural hospital with limited staff.

Thank you for your help!

[NurseCard, ADN]

I'm guessing that, in a small rural hospital, the two teams would be

one and the same. I work in a small hospital and I know that the same

people responding to a RR are going to be the exact same ones

who respond to a Code Blue.

[vanilla bean]

My question is: Is the RRT the same as the code blue team? Is it comprised of the same team members?

This will vary by facility. Where I work, the RR team and the code team are different. When a RR is called, we have an ICU nurse, Respiratory Therapist, and physician respond. When a Code Blue is called, an ICU nurse, multiple RTs, multiple physicians (the attending or hospitalist, depending on the time of day, and intensivist), lab, Xray, house supervisor, security, and lift team respond.