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Learning about human factors in the emergency department

Don't Forget the Bubbles

You’re in the paediatric emergency department, typing some notes for the child you’ve just discharged. A study in Denmark in 2021 explored barriers to effective resuscitation in over 900 in-hospital resuscitations across six hospitals in Denmark. Promoting hot debriefing in an emergency department. Resuscitation.

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A Simplified Approach to Managing the Difficult Airway in Children

Don't Forget the Bubbles

Airway complications are also more likely to occur in the emergency department (ED) than in the operating theatre. This mitigates many of the psychological barriers and facilitates better teamwork. The Vortex: a universal ‘high-acuity implementation tool’ for emergency airway management. Doi: 10.31440/DFTB.3880.

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Culture of safety in an adult and paediatric emergency department before and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Emergency Medicine Journal

The survey was repeated in 2021 after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 questionnaire was completed by 79 AED workers and 50 PED workers. In both services, the dimension that was most favourably assessed was ‘Teamwork in the Service’ while ‘Provision of Staff’ was least favourably assessed.

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AI May Allow Physicians To Regain Their Humanity

ACEP Now

Emergency medicine (EM) is a team-based specialty, where a diverse group works together to rapidly deliver acute, unscheduled patient care. In contrast to traditional teams that have the luxury of time for their members to build rapport, teams in the emergency department (ED) change every day. Teamwork on the fly.