Textbook of Rapid Response Systems

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.

Michael A. DeVita, MD Professor, Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Critical Medicine Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ken Hillman, MBBS, MD, FRCA (Eng), FCICM Professor of Intensive Care Director of the Simpson Centre for Health Systems Research The University of New South Wales The Australian Institute of Health Innovation The University of New South Wales Liverpool, Australia

Rinaldo Bellomo, MD Chair, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University Honorary Professor, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney Honorary Principal Research Fellow, Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne Director of Intensive Care Research Staff Specialist in Intensive Care Department of Intensive Care Austin Hospital Melbourne, Australia