Using simulation training to improve perioperative patient safety.

Linda Mullen; Debra Byrd

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Using simulation training to improve perioperative patient safety.

April 17, 2013

Mullen L, Byrd D. AORN J. 2013;97(4):419-27.

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This article describes a simulation training program for multidisciplinary surgical teams to practice emergency scenarios, including surgical drape fires, cardiac arrests, and malignant hyperthermia.

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