Let Families Activate Rapid Response Teams, Says SCCM

SCCM recruits families to call rapid response teams directly

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) issued a new guideline on how hospitals and care teams should respond to emergencies outside the ICU or ED (i.e., on the medical and surgical wards). Read it here.

Most of the advice is uncontroversial (e.g., collect timely and accurate vital signs, train team members on how to recognize deteriorating patient…