Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concept and Implementation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3319393898 ISBN 13: 9783319393896

Publisher: Springer, 2017

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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 

Review:

“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)

“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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 3319393898
• ISBN 13: 9783319393896
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 411
• Editor: DeVita Michael A., Hillman Ken, Bellomo Rinaldo, Odell Mandy, Jones Daryl A., Winters Bradford D., Lighthall Geoffrey K.