Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concept and Implementation

Part I RRSs and Patient SafetyChapter 1 Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to RescueHelen HaskellChapter 2 Rapid Response Systems History and TerminologyBradford D. Winters and Michael DeVitaChapter 3 RRS's General PrinciplesAjay D. Rao and Michael DeVitaChapter 4 Measuring SafetyBradford D. Winters, Peter J. Pronovost, Marlene Miller, and Elizabeth A. HuntChapter 5 Medical Trainees and Patient SafetySteve Lam, Arthas FlabourisChapter 6 RRS and the Culture of SafetyKen Hillman, Hadis Nosrati and Jeffrey BraithwaiteChapter 7 Creating Process and Policy Change in Health CareStuart F. Reynolds and Bernard LawlessChapter 8 The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital SignsJohn Kellett Chapter 9 Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger SystemsJohn Asger PetersenChapter 10 Causes of Failure-To-RescueMarilyn Hravnak, Andrea Schmid-Mazzoccoli, Eliezer Bose, Michael R. Pinsky Chapter 11 Dying SafelyMagnolia Cardona-Morrell, Ken HillmanChapter 12 Rapid Response Systems: A Brief Review of the EvidenceBradford WintersChapter 13 Making the Business Case for a Rapid Response SystemShane C. Townsend Part II Creating an RRSChapter 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 HillmanChapter 16 An Overview of the Afferent LimbGary B. Smith, David R. Prytherch, Alex J. PsiridesdChapter 17 The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System ActivationDaryl Jones, Christian Subbe, Rinaldo BellomoChapter 18 Nurse-Led Rapid Response TeamsKathy D. Duncan, Terri Wells, Amy PearsonChapter 19 MET: Physician - led RRTs Daryl Jones and Rinaldo Bellomo Chapter 20 Pediatric RRSsChristopher P. Bonafide and Patrick W. BradyChapter 21 Rapid Response Systems and the Septic PatientPatrick Maluso, Babak SaraniChapter 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 WiseChapter 24 Personnel Resources for Responding TeamsSonali Mantoo, Michael DeVita, Andrew W Murray, John J Schaefer IIIChapter 25 Equipment, Medications, and Supplies for a Rapid Response TeamEdgar Delgado, Rinaldo Bellomo, Daryl JonesChapter 26 Governance of the Rapid Response System Melodie Heland, Daryl JonesPart III Monitoring of Efficacy and New ChallengesChapter 27 The Second Victim Susan D. Scott, Laura E. Hirschinger, Myra McCoig, Karen Cox, Kristin Hahn-Cover, Leslie W. HallChapter 28 Rapid Response Teams in Teaching HospitalsMax Bell, David KonradChapter 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. DeVitaChapter 32 Evaluating Effectiveness of Complex System InterventionsJack ChenChapter 33 Rapid Response Systems: Education for Ward Staff Caring for At-Risk and Deteriorating PatientsGary B. Smith and John WelchChapter 34 Setting up a Standardized Process and Outcome Assessment ToolGabriella Jaderling and David KonradChapter 35 The Impact of Rapid Response Systems on Not For Resuscitation (NFR) OrdersArthas Flabouris and Jack Chen