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Behavioral Response Team

Behavioral Response Team
at UNC Medical Center

House Supervisor
Psychiatric Charge Nurse
Provides Clinical Oversite

Guest Services
If needed for visitor Representive from UNCH
transport or management Police
issues

Who is on the Behavioral Response Team?

What is the
•The team responds to patients, visitors, and staff
Behavioral Respose who show signs of acute behavioral changes which
Team? may place themselves or others at risk.

•The BRT may be activated to respond to a crisis
When is a situation involving a patient, visitor, or other staff
member who is:
Behavioral •suicidal or homicidal
•dangerous to self or others
Response called? •in need of immediate treatment

Who is the •Patients that are not on the UNCH Psychiatric Unit
behavioral •Patients that are not receiving psychiatric care on an
inpatient unit
response team •Visitors

called to help ? •Staff members or
•Others in the vicinity

References: Behavioral Response Behavioral Response Team

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