Challenges to Overcome Barriers against Successful Implementation of Rapid Response Systems

In Korea, patient’s safety is becoming an important issue. Patients who experience adverse events during their hospital stay, including cardiopulmonary arrest, unplanned intensive care unit admissions, and unexpected death, show clear signs of deterioration in the hours preceding the event [1,2]. About one-half of the serious adverse events are deemed to be preventable [3]. Patients often show some signs of physiological deterioration for several hours (median 6 hours) before cardiac arrest [4,5]. Early recognition and response to patient deterioration have reduced the potential impact of such adverse events [6,7].