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The latest edition of this text is the go-to book and most authoritative source on Rapid Response Systems (RRS). Now in its fully revised and expanded third edition, Textbook of Rapid Response Systems remains the best-selling and most comprehensive book on the topic. The new edition contains over fifty chapters written by world-renowned experts in the field and over fifty percent new material. An entire new section of ten chapters was added on pediatric Rapid Response Systems, which includes important "how to" chapters on managing critical situations during pediatric rapid response calls.
The previous edition had increased attention paid to patient safety and this edition expands that work. The utility of Rapid Response Systems for the management of dying patients has been questioned while at the same time there has been an increased knowledge base in the field. As a result, this edition contains two chapters on management for dying patients, for those patients with and those without "not for resuscitation" orders. This helps guide clinicians who are often ill-prepared medically and emotionally as they care for this important population of hospitalized patients.
Written by experts in the field, this new edition is a valuable resource for medical practitioners, nurses, respiratory caregivers, safety experts, and hospital administrators who want to implement and improve a rapid response system.
List of contents
The Voice that is Missing The Evolving Role of Patients and Families in Escalation of Care.- Causes of Failure to Rescue.- Rapid Response Systems and the Culture of Safety.- Systems Thinking Standing on the Shoulders of Giants.- A Brief History of Rapid Response Systems.- Rapid Response Systems General Principles.-The Overview of the Afferent Limb.- The Overview of the Afferent Limb.-Track and Trigger System Identifying and Predicting Patient Deterioration Through Scores and Algorithms.- Continuous Vital Sign Monitoring for Early Detection of Deterioration Outside High Intensity Care Settings.- When Patients (And Families) Raise the Alarm Patient and Family Activated Escalations Systems As a Safety Strategy for Hospitals.- Impact of Delayed Rapid Response System Activation.-Overview of the Efferent Limb.- Tiered Rapid Response Systems.- MET Physician Led Rapid Response Teams.-Use of Protocols during a Rapid Response Event.- Equipment Medications and Supplies for a Rapid Response Team.- Rapid Response for Dying Patients Without Not for Resuscitation Orders.- Crisis Teams for Obstetric Patients.- Rapid Response Systems in the Emergency Department.- Second Victims Care for Caregivers Using a Rapid Response Model.- Hospital Rapid Response Systems and Disasters.- Other Efferent Limb Teams.-Measuring Complex and Macro Research in Rapid Response Systems.- Governance of the Rapid Response System.-The Resuscitation Officer Responsibilities and Impact.- Ward Staff Education in the Age of Rapid Response Systems.- Simulation Based Training for Rapid Response Systems in Medical Education, a Review.-Crisis Resource Management Training the Responders.- Measuring the Quality of Rapid Response Applying the Quadruple Aim to Patient Safety.- Rapid Response System Informatics.- Rapid assessment Critical Events (RACE) Team Medical Directives.- Emerging Research Topics in Rapid Response.-The Role, Determinants And Impact Of RRS On End-Of-Life Care Orders.- Rapid Response for Patients with End of Life Needs.- Rapid Response Systems and the Management of the End of Life.- Rapid Response Systems in Australia and New Zealand.-Rapid Response Systems in Europe.-Rapid Response Systems in Asia.-Rapid Response Systems in Central and South America.-Rapid Response System in Africa.-Pediatric Rapid Response Systems: Introduction.-Recognition of Clinical Deterioration in Children.-Intensity of Care in Pediatric Rapid Response Systems.-Pediatric Rapid Response System: Re-direction of Care.-The Rapid Response System: Building and Maintaining the System.-Parents, Patients, Ward Clinicians and other Stakeholders in the Rapid Response System.-The Approach to the Child with Hypotension. -Practical Approach to the Child with Rapid Breathing.-Approach to the Child with reduced level of consciousness.-Rapid Response Systems: Neonatal Model.- Metrics to Monitor the Function and Performance of the Pediatric Rapid Response System.-Rapid Response teams in Mass Casualty Incidents.
