Hospital uses RRTs to aid acutely ill in ED
Hospital uses RRTs to aid acutely ill in ED
A California hospital's efforts to improve the care of acutely ill patients who are in the emergency department or on medical-surgical floors rather than the intensive care unit has made it a 2008 recipient of the 12th annual Ernest Amory Codman Award, awarded by The Joint Commission.
Mission Hospital, in Mission Viejo, is one of three recipients of the award in the hospital category nationwide. Its program used a specialized nurse-driven rapid response team with the goal of reducing deaths associated with non-ICU cardiac/respiratory arrests by bringing to the patient's bedside the necessary staff to help the patient, says Peter F. Bastone, president and CEO of the hospital. The hospital uses a rapid response team (RRT) to render aid quickly.
Mission Hospital's program reduced cardiac or respiratory arrests outside the ICU from 36 to 16 during a one-year period.
A California hospital's efforts to improve the care of acutely ill patients who are in the emergency department or on medical-surgical floors rather than the intensive care unit has made it a 2008 recipient of the 12th annual Ernest Amory Codman Award, awarded by The Joint Commission.Subscribe Now for Access
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