Appendix Table 1. Rapid response team criteria at Mayo Clinic Rochester.

• A staff member is worried about the patient

• Acute and persistent declining oxygen saturations <90%

• Acute and persistent change in HR: <40 or >130

• Acute and persistent change in systolic BP: <90

• Acute and persistent change in RR: <10 or >28

• Acute chest pain suggestive of ischemia

• Acute and persistent change in the conscious state (including agitated delirium)

• New onset of symptoms suggestive of stroke

Abbreviations: BP, blood pressure; HR, heart rate; RR, respiratory rate.