Patients and those close to them often have an intimate understanding of their condition and
can participate in a broad range of clinical processes. During times of deterioration, their …

Background Patient activated rapid response (PARR) services allow patients and family
members to escalate care in hospital without agreement by their primary care team. Methods …

Attention was drawn to the safety of patients in acute care hospitals in the early 1990s when
studies found large numbers of potentially preventable deaths. Errors were initially ascribed …

Introduction Rapid response systems (RRSs) have been introduced to facilitate effective
'rescue'of seriously ill patients on hospital wards. While research has demonstrated some …

Objective To explore the causes of failure to activate the rapid response system (RRS). The
organisation has a recognised incidence of staff failing to act when confronted with a …

The need to focus on patient safety and improve the quality and consistency of medical care
in acute hospital settings has been highlighted in a number of UK and international reports …

Background Early detection of deterioration of hospitalized patients with timely intervention
improves outcomes in the hospital. Patients, family members, and visitors (consumers) at the …

The rapid response system (RRS) is a patient safety initiative instituted to enable healthcare
professionals to promptly access help when a patient's status deteriorates. Despite patients …

Introduction Patients experience physiological changes in the hours preceding adverse
medical events, and patients or their family can be the first to identify ominous signs of …

Aims and objectives To investigate the experiences of patients who received a medical
emergency team review following a period of clinical deterioration and their views about the …