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The ‘Hidden C’

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In such situations, ‘soft skills’ such as teamwork, compassionate leadership, strong interpersonal communication, and psychological safety are essential. Incivility and clinical performance, teamwork, and emotions: a randomized controlled trial. 2019 May 31:bmjqs-2019. 2019 May;27(4):758-64. 2020 Jan 1;35(1):70-6.

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AHA and Red Cross Life Support Certifications Should Both Be Accepted

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This changed in 2019 when the American Red Cross rolled out a suite of courses that teach the same science and skills in a more learner-centered way. After three years of curriculum development and testing, the Red Cross launched a package of courses that includes BLS, ALS, and PALS training with certification in 2019.

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Sepsis alerts work! Just not in the patients who fire the alerts

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The SCREEN Trial SCREEN was a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial of an EMR alert for organ failure, conducted at 45 wards of 5 hospitals in Saudi Arabia from 2019 to 2021. In Saudi Arabia, though, there’s no CMS, no SEP-1, and (if it pleases the King) no barrier to testing EMR alerts in patients with organ dysfunction.

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Gender-focused training improves leadership of female medical students: A randomised trial

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In medical emergencies, provider qualities which lead to greater performance and patient outcomes include leadership and teamwork. 2019; 47(1): e8- e13. Research indicates that the gender of a provider may impact their performance. Female providers have been shown to have less efficient leadership than male colleagues. Crit Care Med.

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Building Healthier Relationships With Gaming

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Developing Social Skills: Cooperative and multiplayer games can help in developing teamwork, communication, and leadership skills. World of Warcraft, for example, boasts 129 million active players, with 1.2 million logging on every day. These virtual interactions can sometimes translate to improved social skills in the real world. Rigby, C.S.

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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

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Challenging hierarchy in healthcare teams – ways to flatten gradients to improve teamwork and patient care. doi:10.1136/emermed-2019-208830 The post Learning about human factors in the emergency department appeared first on Don't Forget the Bubbles. Promoting hot debriefing in an emergency department. BMJ Open Quality.

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A Simplified Approach to Managing the Difficult Airway in Children

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This mitigates many of the psychological barriers and facilitates better teamwork. The Vortex: striving for simplicity, context independence and teamwork in an airway cognitive tool. 2019 Oct 1;131(4):818–29 Kanaris C, Murphy PC. What is the next step in a CICO event? – Call for ENT help if it has not already arrived.