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Playing It Safe: Simulated Team Training in the OR
Author(s) -
Anderson Mindi,
Leflore Judy
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/j.aorn.2007.12.027
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , surgical team , perioperative , health care , simulation training , medical emergency , health professionals , computer science , psychology , process management , medicine , simulation , business , surgery , political science , physics , meteorology , law
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS are expected to make prompt, accurate decisions in life‐threatening emergency situations in the OR. PERIOPERATIVE LEADERS are faced with the challenge of ensuring that OR team members are prepared to respond to potentially lethal emergencies, including rare and infrequent events. THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES the importance of team training for all members of the OR team. The use of simulation is discussed as a tool to accomplish this goal. Steps for developing a simulation scenario are presented. AORN J 87 (April 2008) 772–779. © AORN, Inc, 2008.