Inattentional blindness and failures to rescue the deteriorating patient in critical care, emergency and perioperative settings: Four case scenarios

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 219-223

  Jones, Angela ^a   Johnstone, Megan Jane ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical care unit; Emergency department; Failure to rescue; Health care; Human factors engineering; Inattentional blindness; Nurses; Patient safety; Perioperative

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; VITAL SIGN;

ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL DETERIORATION; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; VITAL SIGNS;

EID: 85001018562     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aucc.2016.09.005     Document Type: Article

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