Search Tag: rapid response

ICU Management

Can-rapid-response-system-use-be-more-efficient

2015 08 Dec

What happened when one healthcare network in Melbourne, Australia implemented a general ward-based plan to improve rapid response system activation? Michael Buist, Centre for Health Services Research at the University of Tasmania and colleagues from Monash Health write about the results in an article recently published in Safety in Health. The research...Read more

ICU Management

Rapid-evaluation-of-kids-stroke-symptoms

2015 07 Jul

New research from Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (Nashville, TN) finds that an emergency room rapid response plan for children can help diagnose stroke symptoms quickly. While quick response processes have been established for adult stroke patients, researchers say paediatric acute stroke teams are a new phenomenon. The research...Read more