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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Postgrad Med J. 2012 Oct;88(1044):575–582. doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2012-000390rep

Interview Guides.

Interviewee Category Broad Question Probes
Primary Team & Nursing Staff
  • Has the Rapid Response Team ever been called for one of your patients?

  • Tell me about a time when the rapid response team was called for one of your patients.

  • What were positive aspects of the experience?

  • What were negative aspects of the experience?

  • Why was the Rapid Response Team called?

  • Tell me what is it like to work with the rapid response team?

  • What is your general sense of how the situation had been handled and resolved?

  • What are some of the positive things about the Rapid Response Team that would make you want to call them?

  • What are some of the barriers to calling the Rapid Response Team? Have you ever called a Rapid Response Team yourself? Tell me about that experience.

Administrators
  • Tell me about the planning that was involved with implementing the Rapid Response Team.

  • What has surprised you the most about the Rapid Response Team?

  • Tell me how did the idea of building an adult Rapid Response Team first come about?

  • Describe the positive aspects of the Rapid Response Team?

  • Describe the negative aspects of the Rapid Response Team?

RRT Members
  • How long have you been assigned to a Rapid Response Team?

  • Tell me what the overall experience has been like?

  • Tell me about the most recent or the most memorable time you have had to respond to a Rapid Response Team call. Tell me the story in as much detail as possible.

  • Describe some positive aspects of the experience.

  • Describe some negative aspects of the experience.

  • What was your general sense of how the situation had been handled and resolved after the situation had ended?

  • Did you learn anything new from the experience?