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Dedication; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Part I: RRSs and Patient Safety; 1: Why Have a Rapid Response System? Cold with Fear: The Patient and Family Experience of Failure to Rescue; Lewis's Story; Noah's Story; D.J.'s Story; Curtis's Story; The Voice of the Patient; Patient-Activated Rapid Response; Beyond Patient Activation; The Learning Institution; Alyssa's Story; References; 2: Rapid Response Systems: History and Terminology; Principles; Terminology; Summary; References; 3: RRS's General Principles; Introduction; Overview; The Afferent Limb; The Efferent Limb.

How Often Should Vital Signs Be Assessed? The Response Algorithm; Performance of AWTTS; Strengths and Weaknesses of AWTTS; Conclusion; References; 10: Causes of Failure to Rescue; Introduction; Causes of FTR: Patient-Level Factors; Static Patient-Level Factors; Dynamic Physiologic Patient Data and Surveillance; Causes of FTR: Hospital- or System-ƯLevel Factors; Staffing and Education; Varying Staffing Levels Over Time of Day and Day of Week; Lack of Clinician Exposure to Instability Events on a Consistent Basis; Lack of Situation Awareness; Lack of Human Factors Awareness.

Implementing the RRS: A Case Study in the Theory of PolicyReferences; 8: The Assessment and Interpretation of Vital Signs; Introduction; The Four Classic Vital Signs; What Is the "Normal Range" of the Four Traditional Vital Signs?; Pulse Rate; Blood Pressure; Temperature; Respiratory Rate; The Shock Index; Oximetry; Pain; Breathlessness; Mental and Functional Status; Mental Status; Functional Status; Age and Vital Signs; Vital Sign Trends; Laboratory Tests and Biomarkers; Summary; References; 9: Multiple Parameter Track and Trigger Systems; Background; Crisis Detection.

Safety Issues Associated with the Roles and Responsibilities Assigned to Trainees The Clinical Environment; Patient Safety and Medical Trainees in Training Institutions; Training Requirements and Supervision in an Era of Medical Specialisation; Medical Trainees and Systems for Identifying and Responding to At-Risk Patients; Summary; References; 6: RRS and the Culture of Safety; Hospital Culture and the Need for Rapid Response Systems; The Impact of a RRS on Hospital Culture; References; 7: Creating Process and Policy Change in Healthcare.

The Administrative Limb The Quality Improvement Limb; Summary; References; 4: Measuring Safety; Introduction; Approach for the Organizational Evaluation of Patient Safety; Measuring Defects; How Might We Improve Safety?; A Framework to Improve Reliability; Why RRSs Can Improve Safety; Conclusion; References; 5: Medical Trainees and Patient Safety; Safety Issues Specific to the Supervision and Involvement of Trainees in Healthcare Delivery; Preparing Undergraduates for Supervised Clinical Training; Supervising and Teaching Postgraduate Trainees in Clinical Practice.

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