DeVita M.A., Hillman K., Bellomo R., Odell M., Jones D.A., Winters B.D., Lighthall G.K. (Eds.) Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concept and Implementation

2nd Edition. — Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2017. — 392 p. — ISBN: 978-3-319-39389-6.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.
Edited and written by internationally recognized experts and innovators in the field, Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concepts and Implementation, Second Edition is a valuable resource for medical practitioners and hospital administrators who want to implement and improve a rapid response system.RRSs and Patient Safety
Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to Rescue
Rapid Response Systems: History and Terminology
RRS’s General Principles
Measuring Safety
Medical Trainees and Patient Safety
RRS and the Culture of Safety
Creating Process and Policy Change in Healthcare
The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital Signs
Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger Systems
Causes of Failure to Rescue
Rapid Response Systems: A Brief Review of the Evidence
Making the Business Case for a Rapid Response System
Creating an RRS
Hospital Size and Location and Feasibility of the Rapid Response System
Barriers to the Implementation of RRS
An Overview of the Afferent Limb
The Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System Activation
Nurse-Led Rapid Response Teams
MET: Physician-Led RRTs
Pediatric RRSs
Rapid Response Systems and the Septic Patient
Other Efferent Limb Teams: Crises that Require Specialized Resources
Crisis Teams for Obstetric Patients
Personnel Resources for Responding Teams
Equipment, Medications, and Supplies for a Rapid Response Team
Governance of the Rapid Response System
Monitoring of Efficacy and New Challenges
Continuous Monitoring for Early Detection of Deterioration on General Care Units
Dying Safely
The Second Victim
Rapid Response Teams in Teaching Hospitals
The Nurse’s View of RRS
Opportunities for Resident Training with Rapid Response Systems
Optimizing RRSs Through Simulation
Evaluating Effectiveness of Complex System Interventions
Rapid Response Systems: Education for Ward Staff Caring for At-Risk and Deteriorating Patients
Setting Up a Standardized Process and Outcome Assessment Tool
The Impact of Rapid Response Systems on Not-For-Resuscitation (NFR) Orders