Deploy Rapid Response Teams
One of the primary goals of the 5 Million Lives Campaign is to offer participants as many useful resources as we can. Please take advantage of these documents and tools. All Campaign materials are available for you to download for free. Note that certain documents require registration on IHI.org. Registration is quick, easy, and free.
Getting Started Kit
Updated How-to Guide with instructions for implementing the change in your organization, including changes and measures.
How-to Guide Pediatric Supplement with recommendations for implementing the change in a pediatric setting.
PowerPoint presentation with Facilitator Notes to introduce and explain the intervention in your organization.
Updated Annotated Bibliography
Download a one page summary
Rural Supplement to the How-to Guide
Campaign Mentor Hospitals
The organizations on the Campaign Mentor Hospital Registry have volunteered to provide support, advice, clinical expertise, and tips to hospitals seeking help with their implementation efforts.
Deploy Rapid Response Teams Campaign Mentor Hospitals
 Tools
Tools for hospitals working to implement and deploy rapid response teams.
Family-activated Pediatric Rapid Response Team brochure (English)
Family-activated Pediatric Rapid Response Team brochure (Spanish)
Family-activated pediatric Rapid Response Team family education assessment tool
2 x 2 Mortality Matrix for Hospitals Without an Intensive Care Unit
Sample Rapid Response Team Standing Orders
Sample Rapid Response Team Evaluation: Critical Assessment Team Critique
Sample Rapid Response Team Evaluation Tool
Sample FAQ for Rapid Response Team Training and Education
Sample Rapid Response Team Education and Training One-Pager
Sample Rapid Response Team Education and Training Packet
Sample Policy for Rapid Response Teams in Critical Access Hospitals
Sample Rapid Response Team Documentation Tool
Rapid Response Team Record: Documentation Tool
Sample SBAR Communication Tool
The Business Case for Implementing Rapid Response Teams PowerPoint Presentation
Rapid Response Team Return on Investment Calculator
Rapid Response Team Data Collection and SBAR Communication Tool
Frequently Asked Questions about Rapid Response Teams
Pediatric Rapid Response Teams: Recognizing Clinical Instability; developed by the Pediatric Affinity Node
PDSA worksheet examples for Rapid Response Teams
Rapid Response Team Record
Rapid Response Team Checklist/Schedule
Deploy Rapid Response Teams: A Fact Sheet for Patients and Families
Deploy Rapid Response Teams: A Fact Sheet for Patients and Families - Spanish Translation
Download the Condition H (Help) Brochure for Patients and Families
 Measurement Information Forms
Detailed information on the process and outcome measures outlined in the How-to Guide.
Codes Per 1000 Discharges
Percent Codes Outside ICU
Utilization of Rapid Response Team
 Improvement Stories
Read improvement stories and learn how others have succeeded in deploying rapid response teams.
 Read an article in Hospitals & Health Networks about family-activated Rapid Response Teams
Pharmacists on Rapid Response Teams
Early Warning Scoring Systems
Read about how UPMC Shadyside has included patients and Families in their Rapid Response Team
See how Rapid Response Teams are taking hold at hospitals across the U.S.
View Virginia Mason Medical Center’s “Initiating MET (a/k/a Rapid Response Team): Successes and Challenges” (The winning storyboard at IHI's 1st Annual International Summit on Redesigning Hospital Care)
Read a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article about UPMC Shadyside's MET (a/k/a Rapid Response Team)
Austin Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, achieved a 65 percent drop in cardiac arrests and a 37 percent reduction in mortality after introducing Rapid Response Teams.
Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN, has experienced a 28 percent drop in codes. In addition, a higher percentage of all codes now occur in the ICU. Floor nurses report that they are now more confident in their ability “to rescue patients before they get into serious trouble.”
 Resources
 Read the abstract for new research on Rapid Response Teams published in JAMA. Listen to a discussion of the article with IHI's Don Berwick, Kathy Duncan, and Joe McCannon hosted by Madge Kaplan.
Join a Rapid Response Team Web Discussion
Abstract: Cardiorespiratory Arrests and Rapid Response Teams in Pediatrics. Paul Frost; Matt P. Wise. JAMA. 2008;299(12):1423-1424.
Abstract: Cardiorespiratory Arrests and Rapid Response Teams in Pediatrics—Reply. Paul Sharek; Stephen J. Roth. JAMA. 2008;299(12):1424.
Move Your Dot: Measuring, Evaluating, and Reducing Hospital Mortality Rates. IHI Innovation Series white paper. Boston: Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2003.
Improvement Methods
Web-based Training: The Model for Improvement (there is a fee associated with this training)
National Registry of CPR's MET (Rapid Response Team) Event Records and MET (Rapid Response Team) dataset
Read the Rapid Response Team article: Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: A cluster-randomised controlled trial
Read an analysis of the above article: The “MERIT” Trial of Medical Emergency Teams in Australia: An Analysis of Findings and Implications for the 100,000 Lives Campaign
Review an analysis of a Commentary article in JAMA on the efficacy and effectiveness of Rapid Response Teams
Call Recordings
Recordings of Campaign calls on rapid response teams.
February 22, 2005 - Informational Call
August 11, 2005 - Follow-up call
February 10, 2006 - Office Hours
May 3, 2006 - Office Hours
July 31, 2006 - Office Hours
October 11, 2006 - Office Hours
January 16, 2007 - Office Hours
May 24, 2007 - Office Hours
September 13, 2007 - Office Hours
February 19, 2008 - Office Hours
May 13, 2008 - Office Hours
September 18, 2008 - Office Hours
Mentor: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
National Action Day Materials
On June 20, 2007, over 35,000 participants focused their attention on getting results faster and more reliably. Materials used during the deploy rapid response teams session are available for download.
Deploy Rapid Respone Teams Session Recording
PPT Slides, Slides as Handouts, Changes Made Worksheet, Changes Planned Worksheet, Blank Planning Worksheet
 Contact
For more information contact:
Kathy Duncan, RN
Email: KathyDDuncan@comcast.net
Phone: (870) 739-3193
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