Crew resource management in the ICU: the need for culture change
Publication year
2012Source
Annals of Intensive Care, 2, 1, (2012), pp. 39ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor

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Surgery
Intensive Care
Journal title
Annals of Intensive Care
Volume
vol. 2
Issue
iss. 1
Page start
p. 39
Page end
p. 39
Subject
N4i 1: Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammation; N4i 1: Pathogenesis and modulation of inflammationAbstract
Intensive care frequently results in unintentional harm to patients and statistics don't seem to improve. The ICU environment is especially unforgiving for mistakes due to the multidisciplinary, time-critical nature of care and vulnerability of the patients. Human factors account for the majority of adverse events and a sound safety climate is therefore essential. This article reviews the existing literature on aviation-derived training called Crew Resource Management (CRM) and discusses its application in critical care medicine. CRM focuses on teamwork, threat and error management and blame free discussion of human mistakes. Though evidence is still scarce, the authors consider CRM to be a promising tool for culture change in the ICU setting, if supported by leadership and well-designed follow-up.
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