Open AccessSuccessful Development and Implementation of a Surgical Response Team for Emergent Surgical Cases
Author(s) -
Amy M Pichoff,
Abha Shah,
John Baer,
Jared Staab
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/sla.0000000000002909
Subject(s) - medicine , rapid response team , surgical procedures , surgical team , general surgery , surgery , medical emergency
: At our institution, we recognized a need for a standardized, efficient approach to safely evaluate, prepare, and transport patients in need of emergent surgery. With the establishment of an Emergency Surgery Transport and Assessment Team, we were able to substantially reduce our median transport time to the OR. We believe other institutions can establish an efficient team using existing resources to expedite care of the emergent surgical patient.