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. 2010 May;36(5):233-40.
doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36038-7.

Caring for our own: deploying a systemwide second victim rapid response team

Susan D Scott  1 , Laura E Hirschinger, Karen R Cox, Myra McCoig, Kristin Hahn-Cover, Kerri M Epperly, Eileen C Phillips, Leslie W Hall
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Caring for our own: deploying a systemwide second victim rapid response team

Susan D Scott et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010 May.

Abstract

A unique rapid response system was designed to provide social, psychological, emotional, and professional support for health care providers who are "second victims"--traumatized as a result of their involvement in an unanticipated adverse event, medical error, or patient-related injury.

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