Crisis management in acute care settings
Subtitle: human factors and team psychology in a high stakes environment
By: Michael St. Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Cornelius Buerschaper.
Contributors: Hofinger, Gesine.; Buerschaper, Cornelius.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9783540710615
Subjects: Intensive Care -- organization & administration; Emergency Medical Services -- organization & administration; Group Processes; Medical Errors -- prevention & control; Patient Care Team; Personnel Management -- methods; Emergency medical services; Crisis management
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The human factors: errors and skills; title: The challenge of acute healthcare; title: The nature of error; title: The psychology of human action; title: Human perception: the way we see things; title: Information processing and mental models: world views; title: Goals and plans: turning points for success; title: Attention: in the focus of consciousness; title: Stress; title: Strategies for action: ways to achieve good decisions; title: The key to success: teamwork; title: Speech is golden: communication; title: Leadership; title: Organizations and human error; title: Reliable acute care medicine.