Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings Human Factors, Team Psychology, and Patient Safety in a High Stakes Environment /

• Main Authors: St.Pierre, Michael (Author), Hofinger, Gesine (Author), Simon, Robert (Author), Buerschaper, Cornelius (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Anesthesiology.; Emergency medicine.; Critical care medicine.; Medicine & Public Health.; Emergency Medicine.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.

Critical situations in acute and emergency care are one of the great clinical challenges. The nature of such care, involving uncertainty, high stakes, time pressure, and stress, makes this domain particularly vulnerable to errors in patient treatment. It has been increasingly acknowledged over the p...