International Society for Rapid Response Systems

19/09/2025

19/09/2025

As the World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care is winding down, let's take a look back to the morning of our very own ISRRS Conference.

Geoff Lighthall Outgoing ISRRS President welcomed our participants and led a discussion "Are Rapid Response Teams Still Relevant? (photo 1)

Alison Fox-Robichaud Incoming ISRRS President-Elect discussed The Importance of Rapid Response Systems in Canada. (photo 2)

Heather Cook ISRRS Advisory Committee member and Holly Losurdo, led the group in an escape-room style discussion, The One that Got Away: Stories of Failure to Rescue and System Gaps. Winners received candies from the USA. (photo 3)

Helen Haskell ISRRS Board Member explored Family Notifications of RRTs. From Hospital Room to Martha's Rule. (photo 4)

Erin Kritz Incoming Advisory Committee Member & Jenilea Thomas shared a review of Pediatric Rapid Response Systems: Past, Present, and Future. (photo 5)

17/09/2025

ISSRS Advisory Committee Member Heather Cook sharing her Rush University team’s experiences on Beyond the Critical Care Unit: A Nurse-Led Model for Early Detection and Rapid Reaponse.

17/09/2025

Immediate Past President (by about 48 hours) Geoff Lighthall sharing about his hospital's experiences in "Creating a Rapid Response System" in Session 11 this morning in Vancouver.

17/09/2025

Today, several of our Advisory Committee members started off the morning with an informative and engaging session on Family Engagement and Rapid Response Systems at the World Congress for Intensive and Critical Care in Vancouver.

Moderator Geoff Lighthall, ISRRS Past President

Speaker Alex Psirides, Advisory Committee member, spoke to us about "Kōrero Mai – Talk to Me", which is a program encouraging patients, families, and extended family to share concerns and make healthcare providers aware of changes in condition.

Speaker Lindsay Garcia, ISRRS Treasurer and Advisory Committee member shared her hospital's journey through implementing Call 4 Concern for patients and family members along with the integration of this service with Martha's Rule.

Also attending were Jacinda Bunch, ISRRS President; Alison Fox-Robichaud, ISRRS President-Elect, & Heather Cook, Advisory Committee Member.

16/09/2025

We had a wonderful day learning from colleagues and collaborating on ways to enhance Rapid Response Systems around the globe yesterday. Our speakers came to share with us in Vancouver from Canada, USA, Japan, Uk, Sweden, and New Zealand.

Today many of us are continuing our learning adventure in Canada with the 17th World Congress on Intensive and Critical Care. We're looking forward spending the next 3 days with wonderful leaders and exciting topics!

12/04/2024

More than 400 downloads of the RRT handbook in the last month. Now at more than 76.6k downloads.
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eBook for Managing Deteriorating Patients

16/03/2024

Alison Fox-Robichaud Weavind Lisa SG ANZICS Wei Ling Chua SG ANZICS College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand (CICM) Helen Haskell Geoff Lighthall Jacinda Bunch, PhD, RN, SANE-A, NREMT

29/02/2024

Latest offering
ED presentations and hospital admissions from the ED due to infections and sepsis

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1742-6723.14384

28/02/2024

face to face meeting for safety+quality and RRS will be held in Melbourne 12-14th Sep

Hope to see you there

28/02/2024

The RRT handbook has had nearly 76,000 downloads.
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eBook for Managing Deteriorating Patients

22/07/2023

Our last panel of speakers in the 2023 conference in partnership with Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care Society - anzics chaired by outgoing iSRRS President Lesley Durham.