Textbook of Rapid Response Systems Concept and Implementation
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, wor
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Michael A. DeVita Ken Hillman Rinaldo Bellomo ●
Editors
Textbook of Rapid Response Systems Concept and Implementation
Editors Michael A. DeVita, MD Professor, Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Department of Critical Medicine Pittsburgh, PA USA 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 Intensie Care Department of Intensive Care Austin Hospital Melbourne, Australia
Ken Hillman, MBBS, MD, FRCA (Eng), FCICM Professor of Intensive Care Director of the Simpson Centre for Health System Research The University of New South Wales The Australian Institute of Health Innovation The University of New South Wales Liverpool, Australia
ISBN 978-0-387-92852-4 e-ISBN 978-0-387-92853-1 DOI 10.1007/978-0-387-92853-1 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of going to press, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
To my wife Sharon, and my children Lizzie, Chris, Tim, and Annie who are my life, and to my parents for challenging me and preparing me to achieve. I am indebted to my teachers, Dennis Greenbaum, Jim Snyder, Ake Grenvik, and Richard Simmons, who have taught me what critical care excellence is. MAD To Sue Williams, a loyal and committed colleague of 20 years. KH To the many patients who have suffered and suffer because of an outdated approach to acute hospital care. May this book help make their time in hospital safer. RB
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Preface
When we created the Manual of Medical Emergency Teams (MET), Implementation and Outcome Measurement, the concept was r
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