United States
Institute for Health Improvement (IHI) - Deploy Rapid Response Teams
Deploy Rapid Response Teams at the first sign of patient decline was one of the six interventions from the 100,000 Lives Campaign and has been included as one of the 12 interventions in the 5 Million Lives Campaign.United Kingdom
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) - Recognition of and response to acute illness in adults in hospital
The NICE clinical guideline describes how patients in acute hospitals should be monitored to help identify those whose health becomes worse and how they should be cared for if this happens.Department of Health - The implementation and impact of Hospital at Night pilot projects: An evaluation report
A wide range of approaches to support the implementation of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD), while maintaining or improving the quality of patient care, have now been developed. One approach - the Hospital at Night model - has been piloted in four acute NHS hospital trusts in England.National Patient Safety Agency - Deterioration in hospitalised patients
This study explores patient deterioration and offers practical help to NHS staff on how to recognise and act upon it.National Patient Safety Agency - The Hospital at Night (HaN)
With reduced staffing levels and 'on call' systems, night time care can potentially create risk for patient safety. 'Hospital at Night' will enable hospitals to assess potential risks of patient care at night, and take action towards making care safer.Patient Safety First
The aim of the Patient Safety First campaign is to support staff to apply evidence-based interventions, where appropriate, for every patient, every time. Reducing harm from deterioration is one of the clinical interventions with the goal to reduce in-hospital cardiac arrest and mortality rate through earlier recognition and treatment of the deteriorating patient.Other
The annual symposium on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams
The 7th International Conference on Rapid Response Systems will be held in Sydney, Australia 7-9 May 2012. This is the first time the conference has been held in Australia and is an opportunity to return to the place where the MET concept started more than 20 years ago. The conference is being hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.The conference will be useful for administrators, researchers and all health care team members involved with recognising and responding to clinical deterioration. This includes people working in areas such as:
- critical care, emergency and general wards
- rapid response, medical emergency, ICU liaison and critical care outreach
- risk, quality and patient safety
- hospital management
Further information about the conference including details of registration, accommodation options and submission of abstracts will be available from October 2011.
