Use of resuscitation plans at a tertiary Australian hospital: room for improvement.

Background: The 'Acute Resuscitation Plan' (ARP) is a document for recording the resuscitation plans of patients at a tertiary hospital for adult patients. The ARP was introduced at the hospital in September 2014, superseding the 'Not for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)' form. Unlike the Not for CPR form, the ARP was relevant to patients with and without resuscitation limits.

Rapid response team diagnoses: frequencies and related hospital mortality.

Objectives: To describe the frequency and hospital mortality of problems (diagnoses) encountered by a rapid response team (RRT), and to identify the most common diagnoses for RRT triggers and for treating units.

Design: For each RRT event in 2015 at a tertiary hospital for adults, we chose the diagnosis that best explained the RRT event from a pre-defined list after reviewing relevant test results and clinical notes.

Results: There were 937 RRT events during 700 admissions and there were 58 different RRT diagnoses in 11 diagnosis groups.

The duration of hospitalization before review by the rapid response team: A retrospective cohort study.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to compare cases of rapid response team (RRT) review for early deterioration (<48 hours after admission), intermediate deterioration (48 to <168 hours after admission), late deterioration (≥168 hours after admission), and cardiac arrest and to determine the association between duration of hospitalization before RRT review and mortality.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study of RRT cases from a single hospital over 5 years (2009-2013) using administrative data and data for the first RRT attendance of each hospital episode.

Results: Of 2843 RRT cases, 971 (34.