Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings : Human Factors and Team Psychology in a High-Stakes Environment
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40299
Michael St.Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Robert Simon.
(Third edition)
--Cham:
Springer
, c2016.
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This book is unique in providing a comprehensive overview of the human factors issues relevant to patient safety during acute care. By elucidating the principles of human behavior and decision-making in critical situations and identifying frequent sources of human error, it will help healthcare professionals provide safer, more effective treatment when dealing with emergencies characterized by uncertainty, high stakes, time pressure, and stress. The third edition has emerged from an ongoing syn…
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- Author
- St.Pierre, Michael
- Other Authors
- Hofinger, Gesine
- Simon, Robert
- Responsibility
- Michael St.Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Robert Simon
- Edition
- Third edition
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 433 p. : 65 illus., 52 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319414270
- 9783319414256 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - organization & administration
- Emergency Medical Services - organization & administration
- Group Processes
- Medical Errors - prevention & control
- Patient Care Team
- Personnel Management - methods
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Personnel management
- Abstract
- This book is unique in providing a comprehensive overview of the human factors issues relevant to patient safety during acute care. By elucidating the principles of human behavior and decision-making in critical situations and identifying frequent sources of human error, it will help healthcare professionals provide safer, more effective treatment when dealing with emergencies characterized by uncertainty, high stakes, time pressure, and stress. The third edition has emerged from an ongoing synergistic relationship between clinicians and behavioral scientists on both sides of the Atlantic to update and enhance each chapter -- blending the strengths of the two professions into a readily accessible text. Among other improvements, readers will find sharper articulation of concepts and significantly more information on the organizational impact on individual and team performance. Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings is the required reference for all who are learning about, teaching, or providing acute and emergency healthcare. It will be of high value for undergraduate and graduate medical and nursing program and offer a much-needed resource for those who use high-fidelity healthcare simulation to teach teamwork.
- Contents
- Part I. Basic Principles: Error, Complexity, and Human Behavior -- The Human Factors: Errors and Skills -- The Challenge of Acute Healthcare -- The Nature of Error -- The Psychology of Human Action -- Part II. Individual Factors of Behavior -- Human Perception: The Way We See Things -- Information Processing and Mental Models: World Views -- Goals and Plans: Turning Points for Success -- Attention: The Focus of Consciousness -- Stress -- Strategies for Action: Ways to Achieve Good Decisions -- Part III. The Team -- The Key to Success: Teamwork -- Speech Is Golden: Communication -- Leadership -- Part IV. Error and Safety in Organizations -- Organization, Errors, and Safety -- Strategies for Patient Safety -- Learning for Safety.
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- e-Book
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Critical Care Administration : A Comprehensive Clinical Guide
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Jorge Hidalgo, Javier Pérez-Fernández, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, editors.
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Springer
, c2020.
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This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on critical care administration. The text reviews important aspects and considerations involved in developing an efficient, cost-effective critical care program, while maintaining a safe and high-quality work environment. Major topics covered include different models of critical care services, planning and budgeting, administration support, staffing models, tele/smart ICU, protocols and guidelines, and disaster preparedness and management. Written …
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- Hidalgo, Jorge
- Pérez-Fernández, Javier
- Rodríguez-Vega, Gloria
- Responsibility
- Jorge Hidalgo, Javier Pérez-Fernández, Gloria Rodríguez-Vega, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2020
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xix, 277 p.) : 17 illus., 11 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783030338084
- 9783030338077 (Print ed.)
- 9783030338091 (Print ed.)
- 9783030338107 (Print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - organization & administration
- Intensive Care Units - organization & administration
- Specialty
- Critical Care
- Health Services Administration
- Abstract
- This book provides a state-of-the-art overview on critical care administration. The text reviews important aspects and considerations involved in developing an efficient, cost-effective critical care program, while maintaining a safe and high-quality work environment. Major topics covered include different models of critical care services, planning and budgeting, administration support, staffing models, tele/smart ICU, protocols and guidelines, and disaster preparedness and management. Written by experts in the field, Critical Care Administration: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide is a practical, handy resource for critical care professionals involved in the administration and management of ICUs.
- Contents
- Critical Care Services: Scope of Practice -- Planning and Budgeting -- Setting the Goals -- Administration Support -- Quality Indicators: The Use of Metrics in Critical Care Medicine -- Internal Financial Audits in the ICU -- Models of Staffing -- Tele-ICU -- Digital Transformation: The Smart ICU -- Protocols, Policies, and Procedures: Tools for Quality Improvement in Critical Care -- ICU Design -- Disaster Preparedness and Management -- Critical Care Educational Modeling -- Humanizing Critical Care -- Billing and Coding -- Intensive Care Burnout -- Complementary Therapies -- Establishing a Research Program in the ICU -- Patient Safety in Intensive Care Medicine.
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- e-Book
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- Online
How to set up an Acute Stroke Service
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Iris Q. Grunwald, Klaus Fassbender, Ajay K. Wakhloo.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2012.
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Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world. Intravenous lytics and endovascular stroke treatment were demonstrated to be highly beneficial in clinical trials and in achieving net cost savings. However, time is of the essence in the management of stroke as for every minute that stroke is left untreated, an estimated 1.9 million neurons are destroyed. An optimized stroke pathway can dramatically impact patient outcome. Every medical service will differ. This book offe…
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- Grunwald, Iris Q
- Other Authors
- Fassbender, Klaus
- Wakhloo, Ajay K
- Responsibility
- Iris Q. Grunwald, Klaus Fassbender, Ajay K. Wakhloo
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2012
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 198 p. : 236 ill., 163 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642214059
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - methods
- Critical Care - organization & administration
- Program Development - methods
- Stroke - therapy
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Neurology
- Abstract
- Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability throughout the world. Intravenous lytics and endovascular stroke treatment were demonstrated to be highly beneficial in clinical trials and in achieving net cost savings. However, time is of the essence in the management of stroke as for every minute that stroke is left untreated, an estimated 1.9 million neurons are destroyed. An optimized stroke pathway can dramatically impact patient outcome. Every medical service will differ. This book offers a concise and practical guide on how to set up and efficiently run an acute stroke service tailored to the needs of the individual center as a provider of primary, secondary, or tertiary care. It documents the essential knowledge on current imaging and treatment options and offers guidance in organizing a site-specific stroke pathway that will ensure the quickest possible provision of treatment, thereby optimizing benefit to the patient and maximizing cost-effectiveness. The authors played an integral part in the development and operation of one of Europe's most successful early stroke centers and also have experience of the factors that can undermine the creation of world-class stroke units. On this basis, they address the key aspects of the stroke pathway and explain how organizing this can reduce the number of severe outcomes by ensuring that appropriate steps are taken during the early moments after stroke when intervention can make a profound difference. The challenging, multidisciplinary nature of care is emphasized, and this handbook will be an invaluable source for every member of the stroke team, including doctors, nurses, stroke coordinators, emergency and rehabilitation providers as well as hospital administrators.
- Contents
- [Machine generated contents note] Pt. I. Understanding Your Goals: The What, Why and Who -- 1. Essential Basics -- 1.1. What Is Stroke? -- 1.2. What Happens During a Stroke? -- 1.3. Why Set Up a Stroke Service? -- 1.4. Understanding the Penumbra Concept -- 1.5. Pathophysiology of Thrombosis -- 1.6. Understanding That "Time Is Brain" -- 1.7. What Is a Stroke Pathway? -- 1.8. Where Should Stroke Care Take Place? -- 1.9. What Is a Stroke Unit? -- 1.10. What Is Decompressive Craniectomy? -- 1.11. What Is Neuroprotection in Stroke? -- References -- Further Reading -- 2. Guidelines and Regulations -- 2.1. Sources of Supporting Information -- 2.2. Guidelines -- Further Reading -- 3. Who Can Support This Project? -- 3.1. Expertise -- 3.2. Funding -- 3.3. Useful Links -- Further Reading -- 4. Basic Milestones in Stroke Treatment -- 4.1. Acute Phase -- 4.2. Post-acute Phase -- 5. Defining Your Priorities -- 6. Walking the Steps and Defining Your Own Pathway and Goals on the Way -- 6.1. Step 1: Pre-hospital Care -- 6.2. Step 2: Patient Evaluation -- 6.3. Step 3: Imaging and Diagnosis -- 6.4. Step 4: Primary Stroke Treatment -- 6.5. Step 5: Advanced Stroke Treatment -- 6.6. Step 6: Post-acute Care/Supporting Treatment -- References -- Further Reading -- 7. Bringing Your Goals into Shape -- 8. Examples of Treatment Pathways -- 8.1. Imaging Pathways -- 9. Specific Pathways in Special Cases -- 9.1. Basilar Artery Thrombosis -- 9.2. Signs of a Major Vessel Occlusion (MCA/ICA) -- 9.3. Portable CT Scanners -- 9.4. DSA with Interventional Treatment as a Primary Choice -- 9.5. Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging and X-Ray Angiography -- References -- 10. Future Concepts in Stroke Treatment -- 10.1. MSU: The Concept of a Mobile Stroke Unit -- 10.2. New Strategies for Reduction of the Door-to-Needle Times -- 10.3. Acute Vascular Imaging Concept Using Integrated Imaging -- References -- 11. Strategic/Business Management -- 11.1. Things to Consider in a Budget -- 11.2. Staffing -- 11.3. Who Manages Your Project -- 11.4. Project Management Plan -- Pt. II. Planning -- 12. Establishing Whom and What You Need in the Stroke Pathway -- 12.1. Who Are the Key Parties in a Stroke Service? -- 12.2. Meeting Resistance -- 12.3. Who Are the Key Parties That Need to be Informed? -- 13. Establishing Your Resources (Equipment, Staff, Space) -- 13.1. Determining Non-personnel Resources -- 13.2. Determining Personnel Resources -- 14. Budget and Time Frame -- 14.1. Benefit-Cost Analysis -- Reference -- 15. Risk Assessment and Management -- 16. Team -- 16.1. Setting Up a Project Team -- 16.2. Defining Team Members’ Roles and Responsibilities -- Pt. III. Getting Started -- 17. Work Packages -- 18. Work Groups -- 18.1. Pre-hospital Phase -- 18.2. Acute Phase -- 18.3. Post Treatment Phase -- Pt. IV. Evaluation -- 19. Monitoring -- 19.1. Project Performance -- 19.2. Times and Outcomes -- 20. Marketing -- 20.1. Dissemination -- 20.2. Redefining Your Goals (e.g., Expand Service) -- 21. Closing Remarks.
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The organization of critical care : an evidence-based approach to improving quality
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Damon C. Scales, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, editor.
--New York:
Humana Press
, c2014.
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The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic. However, modern ICUs have developed to treat or monitor patients who have any severe, life-threatening disease or injury. These patients receive specialized care and vital organ assistance such as mechanical ventilation, cardiovascular support, or hemodialysis. ICU patients now typically o…
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- Scales, Damon C
- Rubenfeld, Gordon D
- Responsibility
- Damon C. Scales, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, editor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages)
- Series Vol.
- 18
- Series Title
- Respiratory medicine (New York, N.Y.)
- ISBN
- 9781493908110 (electronic bk.)
- 9781493908103
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Critical Care - organization & administration
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Quality Improvement
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Critical care medicine
- Abstract
- The origin of modern intensive care units (ICUs) has frequently been attributed to the widespread provision of mechanical ventilation within dedicated hospital areas during the 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic. However, modern ICUs have developed to treat or monitor patients who have any severe, life-threatening disease or injury. These patients receive specialized care and vital organ assistance such as mechanical ventilation, cardiovascular support, or hemodialysis. ICU patients now typically occupy approximately 10% of inpatient acute care beds, yet the structure and organization of these ICUs can be quite different across hospitals. In The Organization of Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Quality, leaders provide a concise, evidence-based review of ICU organizational factors that have been associated with improved patient (or other) outcomes. The topics covered are grouped according to four broad domains: (1) the organization, structure, and staffing of an ICU; (2) organizational approaches to improving quality of care in an ICU; (3) integrating ICU care with other healthcare provided within the hospital and across the broader healthcare system; and (4) international perspectives on critical care delivery. Each chapter summarizes a different aspect of ICU organization and targets individual clinicians and healthcare decision makers. A long overdue contribution to the field, The Organization of Critical Care: An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Quality is an indispensable guide for all clinicians and health administrators concerned with achieving state-of-the-art outcomes for intensive care.
- Contents
- Part I. Organizing Intensive Care -- Organizational Change in Critical Care: The Next Magic Bullet? -- Origins of the Critically Ill: The Impetus for Critical Care Medicine -- Intensivist and Alternative Models of ICU Staffing -- Health Professionals in Critical Care -- Computers in Intensive Care -- Integrating Subspecialty Expertise in the Intensive Care Unit -- Part II. Improving Intensive Care -- Quality Improvement in the Intensive Care Unit -- Facilitating Interactions Between Healthcare Providers in the ICU -- Teamwork and Leadership in the Critical Care Unit -- Caring for ICU Providers -- Part III. Integrating Intensive Care -- Rationing Without Contemplation: Why Attention to Patient Flow Is Important and How to Make It Better -- Rapid Response Systems -- The Chronically Critically Ill -- Regionalization of Critical Care -- Part IV. Critical Care: Global and Future Perspectives -- International Perspectives on Critical Care -- Critical Care in Low-Resource Settings -- Disaster Planning for the Intensive Care Unit: A Critical Framework.
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- e-Book
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- Online
