Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia—a pilot study.

A. J. Batchelder; A. Steel; R. Mackenzie; A. P. Hormis; T. S. Daniels; N. Holding

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Simulation as a tool to improve the safety of pre-hospital anaesthesia—a pilot study.

September 23, 2009

Batchelder AJ, Steel A, Mackenzie R, et al. Anaesthesia. 2009;64(9):978-83.

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A simulation-based teamwork training intervention for paramedics and physicians resulted in a reduction in errors during simulated out-of-hospital emergency situations.

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