Why do healthcare professionals fail to escalate as per the early warning system (EWS) protocol? A qualitative evidence synthesis of the barriers and facilitators of escalation

Early warning scores for detecting deterioration in adult hospital patients: systematic review and critical appraisal of methodology

(2020) Stephen Gerry et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

How do nurses use Early warning scoring systems to detect and act on patient deterioration to ensure patient safety? A scoping review

(2019) Colin Wood et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

Factors influencing the activation of the rapid response system for clinically deteriorating patients by frontline ward clinicians: a systematic review

(2017) Wei Ling Chua et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE

Scoping review: The use of early warning systems for the identification of in-hospital patients at risk of deterioration

(2017) Marie Danielle Le Lagadec et al.   Australian Critical Care

Effectiveness of rapid response teams on rates of in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest and mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

(2016) Rose S. Solomon et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Clinical outcomes of patients seen by Rapid Response Teams: A template for benchmarking international teams

(2016) Jonathan Bannard-Smith et al.   RESUSCITATION

The experiences of nurses implementing the Modified Early Warning Score and a 24-hour on-call Mobile Intensive Care Nurse: An exploratory study

(2016) Siv K. Stafseth et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

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(2015) Jane Saucedo Braaten   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NURSING

Nurses' documentation of physiological observations in three acute care settings

(2015) Julie Considine et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

Strengthening the afferent limb of rapid response systems: an educational intervention using web-based learning for early recognition and responding to deteriorating patients

(2015) Sok Ying Liaw et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

Using Qualitative Evidence in Decision Making for Health and Social Interventions: An Approach to Assess Confidence in Findings from Qualitative Evidence Syntheses (GRADE-CERQual)

(2015) Simon Lewin et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

The impact of a nurse led rapid response system on adverse, major adverse events and activation of the medical emergency team

(2015) Debbie Massey et al.   Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Rapid response systems and collective (in)competence: An exploratory analysis of intraprofessional and interprofessional activation factors

(2014) Simon Kitto et al.   Journal of Interprofessional Care

Evaluation of the Effect of the Modified Early Warning System on the Nurse-Led Activation of the Rapid Response System

(2014) Jacqueline Stewart et al.   JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY

Serious adverse events in a hospital using early warning score – What went wrong?

(2014) John Asger Petersen et al.   RESUSCITATION

Escalation of care and failure to rescue: A multicenter, multiprofessional qualitative study

(2014) Maximilian Johnston et al.   SURGERY

Clinical user experiences of observation and response charts: focus group findings of using a new format chart incorporating a track and trigger system

(2014) Doug Elliott et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

The habitus of ‘rescue’ and its significance for implementation of rapid response systems in acute health care

(2014) Nicola Mackintosh et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Qualitative exploration of nurses' decisions to activate rapid response teams

(2013) Kim S Astroth et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING

The ability of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) to discriminate patients at risk of early cardiac arrest, unanticipated intensive care unit admission, and death

(2013) Gary B. Smith et al.   RESUSCITATION

Nurses’ perceptions of accessing a Medical Emergency Team: A qualitative study

(2013) Debbie Massey et al.   Australian Critical Care

Enhancing transparency in reporting the synthesis of qualitative research: ENTREQ

(2012) Allison Tong et al.   BMC Medical Research Methodology

A before and after study assessing the impact of a new model for recognizing and responding to early signs of deterioration in an acute hospital

(2012) Ann McDonnell et al.   JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING

Republished: Defining impact of a rapid response team: qualitative study with nurses, physicians and hospital administrators

(2012) Andrea L Benin et al.   POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL

Nursesʼ Perceptions of How Rapid Response Teams Affect the Nurse, Team, and System

(2011) Dustin J. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY

Understanding how rapid response systems may improve safety for the acutely ill patient: learning from the frontline

(2011) Nicola Mackintosh et al.   BMJ Quality & Safety

Critical care outreach referrals: a mixed-method investigative study of outcomes and experiences

(2011) Natalie Pattison et al.   Nursing in Critical Care