Enhancing patient safety in the pediatric emergency department: Teams, communication, and lessons from crew resource management

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 942-948

  Pruitt, Christopher M ^a   Liebelt, Erica L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

communication skills; crew resource management; health care teams; mutual accountability; TeamSTEPPS

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; REVIEW;

AVIATION; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICATION ERRORS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS; PEDIATRICS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 78650495906     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181fec9cf     Document Type: Review

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