When a university hospital assumed health care responsibilities at a metropolitan detention center in 2023, challenges included limited staff training in advanced cardiovascular life support, outdated equipment, and long emergency response times. This talk will discuss how integrating a paramedic/EMT rapid response team significantly improved emergency response and management.

• Explain the concerns that led the jail health care program to implement a rapid response team
• Describe how the RRT was implemented and operates
• Discuss the impact of the RRT team on emergency response and management

Level: Intermediate