RT Journal
A1 Sherner JH
T1 RApid response team implementation and hospital mortality rates
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2009
FD April 22
VO 301
IS 16
SP 1658
OP 1660
DO 10.1001/jama.2009.528
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.528
AB 
Additionally, the purpose of a rapid response team is to reduce preventable mortality, which may not translate into a statistically significant reduction in overall mortality. Previous studies suggest that patients in approximately 66% of codes show significant vital sign abnormalities (which are the usual triggers for rapid response team activation) in the hours prior to a code.2 It would be interesting to see data on the number of patients who met rapid response team activation criteria before and after implementation and compare the outcomes in this specific subset of patients.