Vital Signs Predict Rapid-Response Team Activation within Twelve Hours of Emergency Department Admission

Introduction: Rapid-response teams (RRTs) are interdisciplinary groups created to rapidly assess and treat patients with unexpected clinical deterioration marked by decline in vital signs. Traditionally emergency department (ED) disposition is partially based on the patients’ vital signs (VS) at the...

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Main Authors: James M. Walston, Daniel Cabrera, Shawna D. Bellew, Marc N. Olive, Christine M. Lohse, M. Fernanda Bellolio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2016-05-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/93r2v5j0