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001 2011288057
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008 110802s2011 nyua b 001 0 eng c
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020 $a9780387928524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0387928529 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a9780387928531 (e-ISBN)
020 $a0387928537 (e-ISBN)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn716757656
040 $aNLM$cNLM$dYDXCP$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aRA975.5.E5$bT49 2011
060 00 $a2011 D-703
060 10 $aWX 162.5
245 00 $aTextbook of rapid response systems :$bconcept and implementation /$cMichael A. DeVita, Ken Hillman, Rinaldo Bellomo, editors.
260 $aNew York :$bSpringer,$cc2011.
300 $axviii, 438 p. :$bill.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aRapid response systems history and terminology -- RR's general principles -- Measuring and improving safety -- Integrating a rapid response system into a patient safety program -- Acute hospitalist medicine and the rapid response system -- Medical trainees and patient safety -- Rapid response systems: a review of the evidence -- Healthcare systems and their (lack of) integration -- Creating process and policy change in healthcare -- The challenge of predicting in-hospital cardiac arrests and deaths -- The meaning of vital signs -- Matching illness severity with level of care -- Causes of failure to rescue -- Impact of hospital size and location on feasibility of RRS -- Barriers to the implementation of RRS -- An overview of the afferent limb -- The impact of delayed RRS activation -- The case for family activation of the RRS -- RRT: nurse-led RRSs -- MET: physician-led RRSs -- Pediatric RRSs -- Sepsis response team -- Other efferent limb teams: (BAT, DAT, M, H, and trauma) -- Other efferent limb teams: crisis response for obstetric patients -- Personnel resources for responding teams -- Equipment, medications, and supplies for an RRS -- The administrative limb -- The second victim -- RRSs in teaching hospitals -- The nurse's view of RRS -- Resident training and RRSs -- Optimizing RRSs through simulation -- Evaluating effectiveness of complex system interventions -- RRS education for ward staff -- Standardized process and outcome assessment tool -- The impact of RRSs on choosing "not-for-resuscitation" status -- The costs and savings.
650 0 $aHospitals$xEmergency services.
650 0 $aHealth care teams.
650 0 $aMedical emergencies.
650 0 $aCardiac arrest$xPrevention.
650 12 $aHospital Rapid Response Team$xorganization & administration.
650 22 $aEmergency Service, Hospital$xorganization & administration.
650 22 $aOrganizational Innovation.
650 22 $aPatient Care Management.
700 1 $aDeVita, Michael A.
700 1 $aHillman, Ken.
700 1 $aBellomo, R.$q(Rinaldo),$d1956-