Review article: Crisis resource management in emergency medicine

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-13

  Carne, Belinda ^a,b,c   Kennedy, Marcus ^c,d   Gray, Tim ^c,d,e  

^a GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Blackburn North   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Crisis resource management; Emergency medicine; Leadership; Patient safety; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CRISIS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CURRICULUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDLINE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TEACHING; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 84856805173     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2011.01495.x     Document Type: Review

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