Welcome to the Rapid Response Systems Conference Website

The 6th International Symposium on Rapid Response and Medical Emergency Teams conference will take place at the Pittsburgh Marriott City Center,
May 10-11, 2010

RRS 2010 Conference Brochure

RRS 2010 Conference: Call for Abstracts

Abstract Committee: Babak Sarani, William Schweickert and Gary Smith

Deadline: March 15, 2010
Abstract submission now open! [more info]

The JCAHO Journal of Patient Safety will publish accepted abstractS. All winners will be asked to write a full manuscript for preferred acceptance.

The 2009 Symposium Abstracts are now available in PDF format. Click here

Overview and Intended Audience

This annual symposium is the largest conference in this field, and is attended by more than 300 delegates from all over the world. The program consists of a mixture of plenary and panel discussions, keynote lectures, poster presentations and round table discussions. The content of the presentations will be divided into several tracks, each covering specific themes such as patient safety and quality, novice, education, nursing, research, technology and monitoring, pediatric and social science perspective.

This educational activity is intended for critical care physicians, emergency physicians, patient safety officers, hospitalists, hospital-based physicians, critical care and general ward nursing staff, hospital administrators, nursing directors, respiratory care directors, resuscitation and clinical outcomes researchers and other health care professionals involved or interested in rapid response systems and medical emergency teams. [Official Brochure]