<Tr> <Th> Pronunciation </Th> <Td> Medical emergency team, high acuity response team </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> A rapid response team (RRT), also known as a medical emergency team (MET) and high acuity response team (HART), is a team of health care providers that responds to hospitalized patients with early signs of deterioration on non-intensive care units to prevent respiratory or cardiac arrest . The health care providers are trained in early resuscitation interventions and advanced life support and may include a physician, nurse, or respiratory therapist . The RRT, medical emergency team (MET), critical care outreach team (CCOT), and rover team are all different forms of the outgoing component of the rapid response system . The team responds to calls placed by clinicians or families at the bedside who have detected deterioration . Some teams may also provide care during transport between hospitals, acting as a critical care transport team . </P> <P> Rapid response teams appear to decrease the rates of respiratory and cardiac arrest outside the intensive care unit . They also appear to decrease the chance of death in hospital . Overall effectiveness of RRTs is somewhat controversial due to the variability across studies . </P>

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