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Resource use, governance and case load of rapid response teams in Australia and New Zealand in 2014
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Jones, D and Pilcher, D and Boots, R and Carter, A and Turner, A and Hicks, P and Nicholls, M and Currey, J and Erickson, S and Stephens, D and Pinder, M and Psirides, A and Barrett, J and Chalwin, R and Bellomo, R and Hillman, K and Buist, M and Parker, J and Huckson, S, Resource use, governance and case load of rapid response teams in Australia and New Zealand in 2014, Critical Care and Resuscitation, 18, (4) pp. 275-282. ISSN 1441-2772 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Background: Rapid response teams (RRTs) are a mandatory element of Australian national health care policy. However, the uptake, resourcing, case load and funding of RRTs in Australian and New Zealand hospitals remain unknown.
Aim: To assess the clinical activity, funding, staffing and governance of RRTs in Australian and New Zealand hospitals.
Methods: Survey of Australian and New Zealand hospitals as part of a biannual audit of intensive care resources and capacity.
Results: Of 207 hospitals surveyed, 165 (79.7%) participated, including 22 (13.3%) from New Zealand. RRTs were present in 138/143 (95.5%) Australian and 11/22 (50%) New Zealand hospitals equipped with intensive care units (P < 0.001). Additional funding was provided in 43/146 hospitals (29.4%) but was more likely in tertiary ICUs (P < 0.001) and in New Zealand (P = 0.012). ICU staff participated in 147/148 RRTs (99.3%), which involved medical staff only (10.2%), nursing staff only (6.8%), and both medical and nursing staff (76.2%). Isolated ICU nursing involvement was more common in smaller ICUs (P = 0.005), in rural/regional and metropolitan hospitals (P = 0.04), and in New Zealand (P = 0.006). Dedicated ICU outreach registrars and consultants were present in 19/146 hospitals (13.0%) and 14/145 hospitals (9.7%), respectively. The ICU provided oversight for 122/147 RRTs (83%). In the 2013–14 financial year, there were more than 104 000 RRT calls.
Conclusion: In cases where data were known, ICU staff provided staff for most RRTs, and oversight for more than 80% of RRTs. However, additional funding for ICU RRT staff and dedicated doctors was relatively uncommon.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | heart arrest, hospital rapid response team, warning score, Australia New Zealand |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
Research Field: | Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Buist, M (Professor Michael Buist) |
ID Code: | 120879 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
Deposited By: | Office of the School of Medicine |
Deposited On: | 2017-08-31 |
Last Modified: | 2019-07-29 |
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