RRT/ EWS

RRT is stand for?

• Rapid Response Test

• Rest Response Team

• Resuscitation Response Team

• Rapid Response Team

RRT is a group of clinicians can only be call during "office hour" to provide critical care expertise at the bedside of a patient whose condition is deteriorating

• TRUE

• FALSE

What is criteria to call Rapid Respond Team?

• Heart rate over 140/min or less 40/min

• Respiratory rate over 28/min or less than 8/min

• O2 saturation less than 90%

• All the above

What is EWS?

• Early Warning Sign

• Estimated Warning Sign

• Escape Warning Sign

• Elevated Warning Sign

The purpose of the EWS is to prevent delay in intervention or transfer of critically ill patients

• TRUE

• FALSE

Early Warning Sign scoring is calculated

• At admission

• During the night shift

• When patient is deteriorating

• at every observation taken for all adult inpatients in the wards

When EWS is activated, I must call the Rapid Respond Team. They are:

• Department Manager / Duty Nurse Administrator

• Treating Specialist/s and/or ED Dr

• ICU Staff Nurse

• All of the above

Criteria to call for Rapid Respond Team based on the deterioration of the following parameters except:

• Intake and Output readings

• Circulation and Temperature

• Conscious level and concern on patient's general condition

• Air Way, Breathing and Respiration

The Rapid Response Does Not apply to the following scenarios. In such case, the staff calls for a Code Blue.

• Emergencies in all

  patients.

• All cardiac and respiratory arrests

• All of the above

• Any collapse involving staff, visitors or

  outpatients

When EWS is activated you inform ICU nurses the following except

• Book bed

• Vital signs

• Inform the EWS score

• To come to assist