What Is Debriefing? The concept of debriefing after a challenging event has become commonplace in the health care simulation world, but debriefing as we describe it in this chapter includes a systematic discussion of any immersive event, real or simulated.…
This book attempts to lay out the principles of learning and teaching anesthesia crisis resource management (ACRM) in anesthesia practice. Although the principles can be summarized in a book, and even represented on a single reminder graphic, mastering and honing…
Resource Management Is a Crucial Skill for Anesthesia Professionals The concept of resource management is borrowed directly from the domain of aviation. It should be no surprise that we turned to other complex, dynamic systems such as aviation and nuclear…
This book is about decision making and crisis management in anesthesia. What is a crisis ? It is “a time of great danger or trouble whose outcome decides whether possible bad consequences will follow.” For our purposes, the time of…