Medical crisis checklists in the emergency department: a simulation-based multi-institutional randomised controlled trial.

Eric Dryver; Jakob Lundager Forberg; Caroline Hård af Segerstad; William D Dupont; Anders Bergenfelz; Ulf Ekelund

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Medical crisis checklists in the emergency department: a simulation-based multi-institutional randomised controlled trial.

March 17, 2021

Dryver E, Lundager Forberg J, Hård af Segerstad C, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2021;30(9):697-705.

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Checklists are commonly used in surgical and critical care settings to improve patient safety. This multisite study simulation study found that checklists can improve local resuscitation teams’ management of medical crises such as anaphylactic shock and septic shock in emergency departments.

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