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• How-to Guide: Deploy Rapid Response Teams
  This How-to Guide describes key evidence-based care components for Rapid Response Teams, describes how to implement these interventions, and recommends measures to gauge improvement.

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• Condition Help (H) Toolkit
  The Condition Help (H) Toolkit was developed to provide hospitals and other facilities with the tools and resources necessary to implement an effective patient- and family-activated Rapid Response Team.
• Deploy Rapid Response Teams: Patient and Family Fact Sheet
  This resource for patients and families describes Rapid Response Teams and provides an overview of how and when to call for the team.
• Family Activation of the Pediatric Rapid Response Team Education Assessment Tool
  This tool provides guidance to Rapid Response Team members on how to educate families about the team, and can be used by the team to assess educational efforts.
• Family-Activated Pediatric Rapid Response Team Brochure
  This brochure for families of pediatric patients describes what the Rapid Response Team is and how families can call on the team for assistance with their loved one.
• How-to Guide: Deploy Rapid Response Teams — Rural Hospitals Supplement
  This How-to Guide specifically tailored for rural hospitals describes key evidence-based care components for RRTs, describes how to implement these interventions, and recommends measures to gauge improvement.

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• Reducing Cardiac Arrests in the Acute Admissions Unit: A Quality Improvement Journey
  A quality improvement project in the acute admissions unit at the Stirling Royal Infirmary in Scotland achieved a 71 percent reduction in the number of cardiac arrests per 1,000 admissions; a 68 percent increase in referrals to palliative care per 1,000 admissions per month; and a 24 percent relative reduction in the 30-day mortality of patients admitted to unit. These results were achieved through the application of improvement methodology to test new innovations and promotion of a safety culture, among other changes.
• Early Warning Systems: The Next Level of Rapid Response
  An early warning system can add another layer of early detection to the Rapid Response Team system, helping staff recognize high-risk patients before their condition deteriorates.
• Rapid response teams—walk, don’t run
  This article discusses the efficacy and effectiveness of Rapid Response Teams.
• Teams quicken response in medical emergencies
  This article describes the implementation of a Medical Emergency Team (also known as a Rapid Response Team) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) in Pennsylvania.
• Empowering Families in Emergencies
  This article describes how some hospitals are allowing families to call on a Rapid Response Team to assess their loved one’s condition.

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• Passport Exclusive: Establishing an Early Warning System — Detecting Decline Early
  In this audio slide show Kathy Duncan, RN, faculty expert on Rapid Response Teams for IHI, says an Early Warning Scoring System (EWSS) can add another layer of early detection to the Rapid Response Team system.

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• Passport Exclusive: Getting Started with Early Warning Scoring Systems
  In this video show Christiane Levine, RN, provides tips on how to get started with an early warning scoring system.