<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Part I RRSs and Patient Safety<br>Chapter 1 Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to RescueHelen Haskell<br>Chapter 2 Rapid Response Systems History and TerminologyBradford D. Winters and Michael DeVita<br>Chapter 3 RRS's General PrinciplesAjay D. Rao and Michael DeVita<br>Chapter 4 Measuring SafetyBradford D. Winters, Peter J. Pronovost, Marlene Miller, and Elizabeth A. Hunt<br>Chapter 5 Medical Trainees and Patient SafetySteve Lam, Arthas Flabouris<br>Chapter 6 RRS and the Culture of SafetyKen Hillman, Hadis Nosrati and Jeffrey Braithwaite<br>Chapter 7 Creating Process and Policy Change in Health CareStuart F. Reynolds and Bernard Lawless<br>Chapter 8 The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital SignsJohn Kellett <br>Chapter 9 Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger SystemsJohn Asger Petersen<br>Chapter 10 Causes of Failure-To-RescueMarilyn Hravnak, Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli, Eliezer Bose, Michael R. Pinsky <br>Chapter 11 Dying SafelyMagnolia Cardona-Morrell, Ken Hillman<br>Chapter 12 Rapid Response Systems: A Brief Review of the EvidenceBradford Winters<br>Chapter 13 Making the Business Case for a Rapid Response SystemShane C. Townsend <p/>Part II Creating an RRS<br>Chapter 14 Hospital size and Location and Feasibility of the Rapid Response SystemDaryl Jones and Rinaldo Bellomo <br>Chapter 15 Barriers to the Implementation of RRSOluwaseun Davies, Michael A. DeVita, Ken Hillman<br>Chapter 16 An Overview of the Afferent LimbGary B. Smith, David R. Prytherch, Alex J. Psiridesd<br>Chapter 17 The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System ActivationDaryl Jones, Christian Subbe, Rinaldo Bellomo<br>Chapter 18 Nurse-Led Rapid Response TeamsKathy D. Duncan, Terri Wells, Amy Pearson<br>Chapter 19 MET: Physician - led RRTs Daryl Jones and Rinaldo Bellomo <br>Chapter 20 Pediatric RRSsChristopher P. Bonafide and Patrick W. Brady<br>Chapter 21 Rapid Response Systems and the Septic PatientPatrick Maluso, Babak Sarani<br>Chapter 22 Other Efferent Limb Teams: Crises that Require Specialized ResourcesDan Shearn, Francesca Rubulotta, Michael DeVita <br>Chapter 23 Crisis Teams for Obstetric PatientsPatricia Dalby, Gabriella G. Gosman, Karen Stein, David Streitman, Nancy Wise<br>Chapter 24 Personnel Resources for Responding TeamsSonali Mantoo, Michael DeVita, Andrew W Murray, John J Schaefer III<br>Chapter 25 Equipment, Medications, and Supplies for a Rapid Response TeamEdgar Delgado, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl Jones<br>Chapter 26 Governance of the Rapid Response System Melodie Heland, Daryl Jones<br>Part III Monitoring of Efficacy and New Challenges<br>Chapter 27 The Second Victim Susan D. Scott, Laura E. Hirschinger, Myra McCoig, Karen Cox, Kristin Hahn-Cover, Leslie W. Hall<br>Chapter 28 Rapid Response Teams in Teaching HospitalsMax Bell, David Konrad<br>Chapter 29 The Nurse's View of RRSMandy Odell, Nicolette Mininni and Donna Goldsmith <br>Chap<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>The latest edition of this text is the go-to book on rapid response systems (RRS). Thoroughly updated to incorporate current principles and practice of RRS, the text covers topics such as the logistics of creating an RRS, patient safety, quality of care, evaluating program results, and engaging in systems research.<br>Edited and written by internationally recognized experts and innovators in the field, <i>Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition</i> is a valuable resource for medical practitioners and hospital administrators who want to implement and improve a rapid response system. <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition is a focused and concise update to the best evidence and expert opinion on the implementation and evaluation of the service. This book will serve as an accessible and effective reference guide for those clinicians and administrators wanting to fine-tune their existing RRSs as well as for those health systems contemplating starting the service." (Ritesh Maharaj, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 126 (6), June, 2018) <p/>"This is the second edition of a multiauthored book describing the theory and organization of teams designed to identify patients developing critical illness outside the intensive care unit. ... Clinical leadership in hospitals considering or featuring a Rapid Response System are an appropriate audience for this work, along with their administrative partners. ... This update reflects studies in literature produced since the first edition was published in 2011." (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, November, 2017)<p></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Michael A. DeVita, MD, FCCM, FRCPHarlem Hospital, Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine, New York, NY, USA<br>Dr. Ken Hillman, AO, MBBS, FRCA, FCICM, FRCP, MDUniversity of New South Wales, Liverpool Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool, NSW, Australia<br>Rinaldo Bellomo, MDAustin Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia <p/>Associate Editors<br>Dr. Mandy Odell, RN, PG dip, MSc, PhDRoyal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Critical Care, Reading, Berkshire, UK <br>Dr. Daryl A. Jones Austin Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia<br>Bradford D. Winters, MD, PhDThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA<br>Geoffrey K. Lighthall, MD, PhDStanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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