Episode of admitted patient care—rapid response team type, code N

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• Health, Standard 04/09/2015

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CODE 1   Medical emergency team

Code 1 is used when the type of team that provides a rapid response to an admitted patient's deteriorating clinical condition is a medical emergency team.

CODE 2   Cardiac arrest team

Code 2 is used when the type of team that provides a rapid response to an admitted patient's deteriorating clinical condition is the hospital's cardiac arrest team.

CODE 3   Intensive care liaison nurses

Code 3 is used when the type of team that provides a rapid response to an admitted patient's deteriorating clinical condition consists of one or more intensive care liaison nurses who are specially trained to deliver this sort of emergency assistance.

CODE 6   Other

Code 6 is used when the type of team that provides a rapid response to an admitted patient's deteriorating clinical condition is different from the above options (for instance, a team of specially trained paramedical staff).

CODE 9   Not stated/inadequately described

Code 9 is used when it is not clear or there is inadequate documentation on the type of team that provides a rapid response to an admitted patient's deteriorating clinical condition. 

Rapid response calls are part of a formal hospital-based system designed to alert and call a team of designated staff for help when a patient’s vital signs have fallen outside set criteria. A hospital may have more than 1 type of team responding to rapid response calls, particularly in the case of cardiac arrest teams, which have a longer history of urgent hospital interventions than other rapid response teams.

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