1. Hospital of Distinction T HE C HESTER C OUNTY H OSPITAL Rapid Response Team

2. HOD Rapid Response Team Taskforce Members: Dianne Lanham Kate Morse Steve Mosakowski Cathy Weidman Dr. Jill Krasner Maryann Neuman Deb Skrajewski Suzanne Henrick

3. HOD Rapid Response Team Taskforce Aim: We will achieve a 10% reduction in our “Codes Outside of ICU” rate by December 2007

4. Why is this important to our patients? Most patients who have a cardiac arrest have identifiable signs of deterioration 6-8 hrs prior to arrest The Rapid Response Team has been implemented to “rescue” any patient who may become unstable and need immediate medical attention

5. Before and After RRT in Place..

6. Number of RRT Calls per Month

7. Where We Are Today: Celebrating Our Successes

10. Future Goals Improve Rapid Response documentation Investigate patent/family being able to initiate calling Rapid Response Team Establish immediate debrief of every Code Blue Implement House wide mock codes