Emergency Response System for Adult Patient’s in the acute ward setting
What is it?
The Emergency Response System is a system that has been developed internationally to identify and treat patients whose medical condition deteriorates while they are in hospital. Tallaght University Hospital was one of the first hospitals in the country to introduce this system. The emergency response system is a hospital wide system which was developed to enhance patient safety.
It has three parts
- Monitors and records the patients vital signs. (Early Warning Score Observation Chart)
- A plan for responding to abnormalities noted
- When the vital signs become more abnormal a team will attend to the patient immediately
