Measuring situation awareness in emergency settings: A systematic review of tools and outcomes

Open Access Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-7

  Cooper, Simon ^a,b   Porter, Joanne ^c   Peach, Linda ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute care; Emergency; Nontechnical skills; Situation awareness; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; AWARENESS; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON TECHNICAL SKILL; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SITUATION AWARENESS GLOBAL ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUE; SKILL; SURGEON; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TEAMWORK;

EID: 84891048554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OAEM.S53679     Document Type: Review

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