Rapid Response Team Utilisation <24 Hours Post Emergency Admissions By Ash Abeysekera Presented by: Bronwyn Griffin Princess Alexandra Hospital, UQ School of Medicine

Background National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) Do time improvements = quality improvements?

Background What else……..? Rapid Response Team (RRT) Including Cardiac Arrest (CA)

Project Aims 1.Compare ED LOS for a.Patients requiring emergency activation With b.Patients admitted through the ED that did not have an event 2.Describe Characteristics and outcomes of emergency activation

Methods Design: retrospective observational cohort study Setting: PAH Timeframe: June 1 st – Nov 30 th 2014 Databases 1.RRT and CA database (combined and separate) 2.EDIS 3.HBCIS Ethics

Results …

% of RRT activations within 24 hours of ED admission

Average ED LOS (minutes +/- 1SD)

NEAT compliance (%) All P=>0.05

Average Age (years +/- 1SD)

Results: Characteristics & Outcomes SBP< % GCS 22.02% SpO2< %

Gender distribution (n%) P= 0.217

Results: After hours ED presentation P>0.05

Results: Triage category P=0.002

Results: Diagnosis Admission diagnosis on EDIS – I-J ICD 10 codes are cardio-respiratory diagnoses – 61 patients (19.14%) from early RRT/CAT from ED admission group – 2994 patients (31.9%) from no RRT/CAT group – No significant differences in Age Gender After hours presentation ED LOS

Results: Mortality

Conclusion 1.79% of ED admissions have early RRT/CAT ED LOS was longer in the RRT patient group No evidence to suggest NEAT increases rate of RRT

THANK YOU! A big thank you to Ash Dr Andrew Staib Dr Rob Eley Mr David Moore PA Clinical informatics

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Results: Characteristics & Outcomes