Textbook of Rapid Response Systems

Michael A. DeVita, MD, FCCM, FRCPHarlem Hospital, Departments of Surgery and Internal Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Dr. Ken Hillman, AO, MBBS, FRCA, FCICM, FRCP, MDUniversity of New South Wales, Liverpool Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Rinaldo Bellomo, MDAustin Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Associate Editors
Dr. Mandy Odell, RN, PG dip, MSc, PhDRoyal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Critical Care, Reading, Berkshire, UK
Dr. Daryl A. Jones Austin Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
Bradford D. Winters, MD, PhDThe Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Geoffrey K. Lighthall, MD, PhDStanford University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

Part I RRSs and Patient Safety
Chapter 1 Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to RescueHelen Haskell
Chapter 2 Rapid Response Systems History and TerminologyBradford D. Winters and Michael DeVita
Chapter 3 RRS's General PrinciplesAjay D. Rao and Michael DeVita
Chapter 4 Measuring SafetyBradford D. Winters, Peter J. Pronovost, Marlene Miller, and Elizabeth A. Hunt
Chapter 5 Medical Trainees and Patient SafetySteve Lam, Arthas Flabouris
Chapter 6 RRS and the Culture of SafetyKen Hillman, Hadis Nosrati and Jeffrey Braithwaite
Chapter 7 Creating Process and Policy Change in Health CareStuart F. Reynolds and Bernard Lawless
Chapter 8 The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital SignsJohn Kellett
Chapter 9 Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger SystemsJohn Asger Petersen
Chapter 10 Causes of Failure-To-RescueMarilyn Hravnak, Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli, Eliezer Bose, Michael R. Pinsky
Chapter 11 Dying SafelyMagnolia Cardona-Morrell, Ken Hillman
Chapter 12 Rapid Response Systems: A Brief Review of the EvidenceBradford Winters
Chapter 13 Making the Business Case for a Rapid Response SystemShane C. Townsend

Part II Creating an RRS
Chapter 14 Hospital size and Location and Feasibility of the Rapid Response SystemDaryl Jones and Rinaldo Bellomo
Chapter 15 Barriers to the Implementation of RRSOluwaseun Davies, Michael A. DeVita, Ken Hillman
Chapter 16 An Overview of the Afferent LimbGary B. Smith, David R. Prytherch, Alex J. Psiridesd
Chapter 17 The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System ActivationDaryl Jones, Christian Subbe, Rinaldo Bellomo
Chapter 18 Nurse-Led Rapid Response TeamsKathy D. Duncan, Terri Wells, Amy Pearson
Chapter 19 MET: Physician - led RRTs Daryl Jones and Rinaldo Bellomo
Chapter 20 Pediatric RRSsChristopher P. Bonafide and Patrick W. Brady
Chapter 21 Rapid Response Systems and the Septic PatientPatrick Maluso, Babak Sarani
Chapter 22 Other Efferent Limb Teams: Crises that Require Specialized ResourcesDan Shearn, Francesca Rubulotta, Michael DeVita
Chapter 23 Crisis Teams for Obstetric PatientsPatricia Dalby, Gabriella G. Gosman, Karen Stein, David Streitman, Nancy Wise
Chapter 24 Personnel Resources for Responding TeamsSonali Mantoo, Michael DeVita, Andrew W Murray, John J Schaefer III
Chapter 25 Equipment, Medications, and Supplies for a Rapid Response TeamEdgar Delgado, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl Jones
Chapter 26 Governance of the Rapid Response System Melodie Heland, Daryl Jones
Part III Monitoring of Efficacy and New Challenges
Chapter 27 The Second Victim Susan D. Scott, Laura E. Hirschinger, Myra McCoig, Karen Cox, Kristin Hahn-Cover, Leslie W. Hall
Chapter 28 Rapid Response Teams in Teaching HospitalsMax Bell, David Konrad
Chapter 29 The Nurse's View of RRSMandy Odell, Nicolette Mininni and Donna Goldsmith
Chapter 30 Opportunities for Resident Training with Rapid Response SystemsGeoffrey K. Lighthall
Chapter 31 Optimizing RRSs Through SimulationMelinda Fiedor Hamiltona, Elizabeth A. Hunt and Michael A. DeVita
Chapter 32 Evaluating Effectiveness of Complex System InterventionsJack Chen
Chapter 33 Rapid Response Systems: Education for Ward Staff Caring for At-Risk and Deteriorating PatientsGary B. Smith and John Welch
Chapter 34 Setting up a Standardized Process and Outcome Assessment ToolGabriella Jaderling and David Konrad
Chapter 35 The Impact of Rapid Response Systems on Not For Resuscitation (NFR) OrdersArthas Flabouris and Jack Chen

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