JCMC Nursing Annual Report - Mountain States Health Alliance

Percentage of Non-ICU Code Blue Occurence 2009
45
40
35
30
25
Percentage
20
Actual
Target
15
10
5
0
Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
January - December
Rapid Response Team
One of our quality care initiatives, started in 2005
and continuing today, was the development of the
Rapid Response Team. Opportunities were identified
to bring critical care expertise, RNs and respiratory
therapists to the bedside of patients whose condition
was deteriorating or uncertain. There is a large
amount of variability in both quality of care and the
safety of patients in health care today. This variability
is evident in hospital mortality rates. There are
three main systemic issues that contribute to the
problem such as failures in planning (assessment,
treatments, goals), failure to communicate (patient
to staff, staff to staff, staff to physician), and failure
to recognize deteriorating patient condition. These
fundamental problems can often lead to a failure
to rescue. Establishing rapid response teams stands
to impact this problem by identifying unstable
patients and those patients likely to suffer cardiac or
respiratory arrest. If identified in a timely fashion,
their unnecessary deaths can often be prevented.
Successful
Joint Commission Survey at
JCMC/QRH/Woodridge !!!
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