In situ simulated cardiac arrest exercises to detect system vulnerabilities.

Atilio Barbeito; Alberto S. Bonifacio; Mary Holtschneider; Noa Segall; Rebecca A. Schroeder; Jonathan B. Mark; Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center Patient Safety Center of Inquiry

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In situ simulated cardiac arrest exercises to detect system vulnerabilities.

June 10, 2015

Barbeito A, Bonifacio AS, Holtschneider M, et al. Simul Healthc. 2015;10(3):154-62.

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Realistic in situ simulations of cardiac arrest scenarios, conducted in actual clinical settings without advance notification of participants, identified several latent errors in a hospital's emergency response system. Dr. David Gaba, a pioneer in simulation in health care, was interviewed for AHRQ WebM&M in 2013.

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