Team training: Implications for emergency and critical care pediatrics

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-260

  Eppich, Walter J ^a   Brannen, Melissa ^a   Hunt, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis resource management; Emergency medicine; Patient safety; Pediatric; Team training

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; DISCIPLINES RELATING TO BIOMEDICINE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEONATOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

COMMUNICATION; CRITICAL CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; GROUP PROCESSES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY;

EID: 43849105888     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3282ffb3f3     Document Type: Review

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