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This survey aims to provide acute care facilities with a tool for evaluating staff perceptions of the rapid response system.

 An escalation mapping exercise should be done to identify the parameters, thresholds, levels of abnormality, and responses that will be included in the recognition and response systems.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 2: Escalation of care.

A template for completing an equipment stock take so that facilities can use the information to ensure best use of current stocks and develop a business plan for the purchase of any new items that may be required.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 6: Education.

This element was re-named in the second edition of the National Consensus Statement to education and training.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 1: Measuring and documenting physiological observations.

This tool may assist individual clinical areas or whole facilities to develop robust evaluation plans for recognition and response systems.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 5: Organisational supports.

This element was re-named in the second edition of the National Consensus Statement to leadership and governance.

A template for collecting information about rapid response cases. 

This tool is designed to assist with the development of an escalation protocol and track and trigger system.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 4: Clinical Communication.

This element was re-named in the second edition of the National Consensus Statement to communicating for safety. 

A tool for evaluating staff perceptions of the rapid response system.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 8: Technological systems and solutions.

This element was re-named in the second edition of the National Consensus Statement to Systems to support high-quality care.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 3: Rapid response systems.

A template for creating a monitoring plan.

This self-assessment and action planning tool will help you to identify gaps in current systems and plan the actions required to achieve Essential element 7: Evaluation, audit and feedback.