Improving medical crisis team performance

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  DeVita, Michael A ^a   Schaefer, John ^a   Lutz, John ^b   Dongilli, Thomas ^b   Wang, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UPMC Health System ^*

Author keywords

Advanced cardiac life support; Cardiac arrest; Error prevention; Human simulation; Medical crisis; Medical education; Medical emergency teams; Medical errors; Patient safety; Resuscitation; Team training

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY DYNAMICS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PALPATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE RATE; RESPONSIBILITY; SIMULATOR; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEAMWORK; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 1242306559     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000110872.86812.1c     Document Type: Conference Paper

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