Abstract

US incidence of in-hospital cardiac arrest exceeded over 200,000 events in 2016 with survival rates of less than 25%. As much as 66% of in-hospital cardiac arrests are determined to be preventable with early warning signs of decline present as early as 24 hours prior to arrest. The 100,000 Lives Campaign provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has helped to drive Rapid Response Team (RRT) development. The clinical success of rapid response systems depends on timely activation of the afferent limb of the RRT. Within the project site, greater than half of arrests are occurring outside the ICU and high volumes of RRT activations are being converted to code blue suggesting underutilization and late activations of the RRT system.

Kelli Gilliland

Author Details

Kelli Gilliland, DNP, RN

Sigma Membership

Gamma Eta

Lead Author Affiliation

Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Type

DNP Capstone Project

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quality Improvement

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), RRT, Nursing Confidence

Advisor

Buckner, Ellen

Second Advisor

Merry, Tracy

Degree

DNP

Degree Grantor

Samford University

Degree Year

2021

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-03-24

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