Crisis management in acute care settings [electronic resource] : human factors and team psychology in a high stakes environment / Michael St. Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Cornelius Buerschaper

Author	St. Pierre, Michael
Title	Crisis management in acute care settings [electronic resource] : human factors and team psychology in a high stakes environment / Michael St. Pierre, Gesine Hofinger, Cornelius Buerschaper
Imprint	Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2008
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Descript	xi, 234 p. : ill

CONTENT

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

SUBJECT

Emergency medical services
Crisis management
Intensive Care -- organization & administration
Emergency Medical Services -- organization & administration
Group Processes
Medical Errors -- prevention & control
Patient Care Team
Personnel Management -- methods
Electronic books.