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Data viva — the ANTS non-technical skills framework
A data viva on the ANTS — the four categories (the task management, the team working, the situation awareness, the decision making), the elements within each, the rating (the 1-to-4 or the good/poor), and the application to the scenario.
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Prompt
The Anaesthetists' Non-Technical Skills (the ANTS) framework (the four categories and the elements) and a scenario to score. Describe the framework and apply it.
Stimulus
The Anaesthetists' Non-Technical Skills (the ANTS) framework is shown — the four categories and the elements within each. Describe the framework, and apply it to a scenario where the anaesthetist misses the falling blood pressure (the loss of the situational awareness), continues with the wrong diagnosis, and fails to call for the help.
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- [42228456]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.