When a Code Sepsis is called at our facility the responders are the Rapid 
Response Nurse (usually the CCU charge nurse), Resp. Therapy, and the 
phlebotomist. I am the Sepsis Coordinator and if I am in-house, I will respond 
as well. Typically the CCU charge nurse does not have patients. The charge 
nurse designates a second person to respond if the charge nurse cannot or is 
occupied with another Code (Stroke, Blue, etc.). We also have our house 
supervisors respond as backup. Hope this helps you.


Anita Siscoe-Hapshie

Anita Siscoe-Hapshie, RN, MSN, CCRN
Sepsis Coordinator
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Citrus Memorial Hospital
502 W. Highlands Blvd.
Inverness, FL 34452
Cisco Phone 352.560.4525
Office 352.560.6214
Fax 352.726.9119

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From: Sepsisgroups [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 6:15 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Sepsis Groups] Question: Rapid response teams

Hi all,
I know this question has been asked before, but I am looking to see who 
responds to Code Sepsis calls in other facilities.
In our facility, once the code is initiated lab and an ICU nurse respond to the 
code. In ER, no one responds. The ICU nurse that responds typically has ICU 
patients of their own. I feel like our sepsis scores/outcomes would greatly 
improve if we implemented a Rapid Response nurse or something of that sort on 
all shifts (We do not have an actual RR team). During the weekdays, I will 
respond to codes to offer assistance/support. We are greatly missing out on 
night and weekend coverage though. Please respond with what your facility does 
and the impact it has so that I can help support my idea with other facilities 
practices. Thank you all in advance!

Maggie Macias, RN
Sepsis Program Coordinator
Valley Regional Medical Center
Brownsville, TX
(956) 350-7179 (O)
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