Human factors in the healthcare setting : a pocket guide for clinical instructors /

• Corporate Author: Advanced Life Support Group (Manchester, England)
• Other Authors: Fortune, Peter-Marc
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell/BMJ Books, 2013.
• Subjects: Medical errors > Prevention.; Patients > Safety measures.; Human engineering.; Communication.; Decision making.; Health care teams.; Stress (Psychology); Patient Safety.; Cognition.; Decision Making.; Medical Errors > prevention & control.; Patient Care Team > standards.; Stress, Psychological > prevention & control.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Healthy Living.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.; HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.; MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to human factors in medicine
• Human cognition and error
• Situation awareness
• Leadership and teamworking
• Personality and behaviour
• Communication and awareness
• Decision-making
• Fatigue and stress
• Key elements in communication : briefing and debriefing
• Organisational culture
• Guidelines, checklists and protocols.