A simulation design for research evaluating safety innovations in anaesthesia

Anaesthesia

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1349-1357

  Merry, A F ^a   Weller, J M ^b   Robinson, B J ^c   Warman, G R ^b   Davies, E ^b   Shaw, J ^d   Cheeseman, J F ^b   Wilson, L F ^c  

^a Department of Anaesthesiology ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; HEART ARREST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MUSIC; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT SAFETY; SIMULATION; SURGEON; TELEPHONE; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58149265440     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05638.x     Document Type: Article

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