Textbook of Rapid Response Systems
Concept and Implementation
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Beschreibung
Textbook of Rapid Response Systems is designed to assist the medical practitioner or administrator to implement and improve a Rapid Response System, from the logistics of creating a Rapid Response System (including resource allocation, process design, workflow, and training), to the problem of patient safety and quality of care, the evaluation of program results, and engagement in systems research. Written by the world’s leading innovators in the development of Rapid Response Systems, this brand new book takes the place of its groundbreaking predecessor, DeVita, Hillman, and Bellomo, eds., Medical Emergency Teams (Springer, 2006) and includes coverage of pediatric response systems and sepsis response teams, as well as advice, tips, and process guidelines from successful Rapid Response Systems. Textbook of Rapid Response Systems is an invaluable resource for healthcare professionals seeking to improve quality of care in the emergency setting.
This a practical guidebook for healthcare professionals who wish to initiate a RRS program within their own institutions. This exciting and expanded edition includes new chapters on pediatric response systems, sepsis response teams, and much more.
Successor to the editors' groundbreaking book on medical emergency teams, Textbook of Rapid Response Systems addresses the problem of patient safety and quality of care; the logistics of creating an RRS (resource allocation, process design, workflow, and training); the implementation of an RRS (organizational issues, challenges); and the evaluation of program results. Based on successful RRS models that have resulted in reduced in-hospital cardiac arrest and overall hospital death rates, this book is a practical guide for physicians, hospital administrators, and other healthcare professionals who wish to initiate an RRS program within their own institutions.
Successor to the groundbreaking book, DeVita, Hillman, and Bellomo, eds., MEDICAL EMERGENCY TEAMS (Springer, 2006)
Written by the world's leading innovators in the development of Rapid Response Systems
Provides advice, tips, and process guidelines from successful Rapid Response Systems
Up-to-the-minute, comprehensive, and essential content, including coverage of pediatric response systems, sepsis response teams, and much more.
Medical Emergency Teams: Implementation and Outcome Measurement addresses the problem of patient safety and quality of care; the logistics of creating a MET (resource allocation, process design, workflow, and training); the implementation of a MET (organizational issues, challenges); and the evaluation of program results. Based on successful MET models that have resulted in reduced in-hospital cardiac arrest and overall hospital death rates, this book is the first practical guide for physicians, hospital administrators, and other healthcare professionals who wish to initiate a MET program within their own institutions.
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Michael A. DeVita
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From the reviews:
“This is an overview work describing the evolution and current practice of physician and nurse led rapid response programs. … Hospitalists, critical care trainees, and other hospital-based practitioners responsible for response to acute changes in patient condition are an appropriate audience for this book … . This book provides historical perspective, state-of-the-art reviews, and a summary of challenges facing practitioners using this tool to improve outcomes.” (David J. Dries, Doody’s Review Service, May, 2011)()