Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings : Human Factors and Team Psychology in a High Stakes Environment

This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. It begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team, and the organizational influences within the health-care system are discussed in greater depth. Case reports and proven strategies help to ground psychological theory in daily practice. This book has emerged from a long-standing cooperation between clinicians and psychologists. Blending the strengths of both professions into a readily accessible text has created a book which will hopefully help both physicians and non-physicians to better understand the principles of human behavior and decision making in critical situations, and in turn enable them to provide safer treatment. Unsuspected medical crisis and emergency situations can be managed more effectively and an increased awareness of contributing factors may help to avoid errors from the outset. This book addresses all relevant issues of error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health care setting: It starts with the basic principles of human behaviour and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team and the organisational influences within the Health care system are discussed in greater depth. Case reports and proven strategies help to ground psychological theory in daily practice. This book has emerged from a long-standing cooperation between clinicians and psychologists. Blending the strengths of both professions into a readily accessible text has created a book which hopefully will help both, physicians and non-physicians to better understand the principles of human behaviour and decision making in critical situations and will in turn enable them to provide safer treatment. Unsuspected medical crisis and emergency situations may be managed more effectively, and an increased awareness of contributing factors may help to avoid errors from the outset This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. It begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team, and the organizational influences within the health-care system are discussed in greater depth. Case reports and proven strategies help to ground psychological theory in daily practice. This book has emerged from a long-standing cooperation between clinicians and psychologists. Blending the strengths of both professions into a readily accessible text has created a book which will hopefully help both physicians and non-physicians to better understand the principles of human behavior and decision making in critical situations and in turn enable them to provide safer treatment. Unsuspected medical crisis and emergency situations may be managed more effectively and an increased awareness of contributing factors may help to avoid errors from the outset. The Human Factors: Errors And Skills -- The Challenge Of Acute Healthcare -- The Nature Of Error -- The Psychology Of Human Action -- Human Perception: The Way We See Things -- Information Processing And Mental Models: World Views -- Goals And Plans: Turning Points For Success -- Attention: In The Focus Of Consciousness -- Stress -- Strategies For Action: Ways To Achieve Good Decisions -- The Key To Success: Teamwork -- Speech Is Golden: Communication -- Leadership -- Organizations And Human Error -- Reliable Acute Care Medicine. Michael St. Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Cornelius Buerschaper. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book addresses all issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. It begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team, and the organizational influences within the health-care system are discussed in greater depth. Case reports and proven strategies help to ground psychological theory in daily practice. This book has emerged from a long-standing cooperation between clinicians and psychologists and blends the strengths of both professions into a readily accessible text. "This book addresses relevant issues of error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health care setting. It starts with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then partitions into three sections where the individual, the team and the organizational influences within the health care system are discussed in greater depth."--Jacket Addresses various issues relevant to error prevention and safe practice in the acute and emergency health-care setting. This book begins with the basic principles of human behavior and decision making and then details the influences of the individual, the team, and the organization within the health-care system