Rapid Response Team Performance In Third-Zone, In-Hospital Outdoor Code Blue Calls

Authors : Necati SALMAN, Onur TEZEL, Yahya Ayhan ACAR, Yakup ARSLAN

Pages : 260-264

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Publication Date : 2019-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: We aimed to define the Code Blue interventional characteristics at our institution and to put forward a new parameter for the identification of teams’ performance, and to discuss the differences between indoor and outdoor operations. Material and Methods: Our study is a prospective observational survey over an 18-month period between February 1, 2014, and August 1, 2015. The dataset included the call date and the time, the call mode by phone or bystander , the location, time to reach the location, patient’s name and ID number, diagnosis, and the result. Response time was recorded in seconds, and distance between the location and the Emergency Department ED was recorded in meters.Results: During the 18-month study period, 55 code calls occurred. The patients were placed into three groups: policlinic admission patients 63.6%, n=35 , inpatients 12.7%, n=7 , and visitors and hospital personnel 23.6%, n=13 . The mean distance of response points from the ED was 131.1 37–174 meters and the mean response time was 102.4 30–180 seconds. We detected a statistical difference in distance to ED p=0.017 and reach time p=0.013 parameters between indoor and outdoor cases.Conclusions: Outdoor “in-hospital” Code Blue calls and emergency cases have distinct features, which should be further investigated apart from “out of hospital” cardiac arrest and “indoor in-hospital” cardiac arrest cases. The average response speed distance to ED divided by response time may be a suitable parameter for examining the performances of teams in addition to average response time
Keywords : Rapid response team, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, code blue