Learning from accident and error: Avoiding the hazards of workload, stress, and routine interruptions in the emergency department

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1246-1254

  Bradley Morrison, J ^a   Rudolph, Jenny W ^b,c,d  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Center for Medical Simulation Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISASTER MEDICINE; DISASTER PLANNING; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; STRESS MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTS, AVIATION; ATTENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 83655203244     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01231.x     Document Type: Article

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