Stress Testing the Resuscitation Room: Latent Threats to Patient Safety Identified During Interprofessional In Situ Simulation in a Canadian Academic Emergency Department

AEM Education and Training

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 254-261

  Mastoras, George ^a   Poulin, Cari ^a   Norman, Larry ^a   Weitzman, Brian ^a   Pozgay, Anita ^a   Frank, Jason R ^a,b   Posner, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 85077385794     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24725390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aet2.10422     Document Type: Article

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