What Whiteboards in a Trauma Center Operating Suite Can Teach Us About Emergency Department Communication

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 387-395

  Xiao, Yan ^a   Schenkel, Stephen ^a   Faraj, Samer ^b   Mackenzie, Colin F ^a   Moss, Jacqueline ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COGNITION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RELIABILITY;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; OBSERVATION; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRAUMA CENTERS;

EID: 34548594258     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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