Anaes SAQs · Patient safety, human factors & CRM
The human factors, the fatigue, and the second victim
Final SAQ — the cognitive, the physical, and the organisational human factors; the fatigue and the performance (the 17-19 hours awake = the 0.05-0.1 per cent blood alcohol); the second victim (the trauma, the burnout, the recovery); the support and the just culture.
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Discuss the human factors (the fatigue, the stress) that impair the anaesthetist's performance, and the second-victim phenomenon after the patient harm.
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Discuss the human factors (the fatigue, the stress) that impair the anaesthetist's performance, and the second-victim phenomenon after the patient harm.
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