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2014

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The Development And Testing Of A Measurement System To Assess Intensive Care Unit Team Performance, Aaron Dietz Jan 2014

The Development And Testing Of A Measurement System To Assess Intensive Care Unit Team Performance, Aaron Dietz

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Teamwork is essential for ensuring the quality and safety of healthcare delivery in the intensive care unit (ICU). Complex procedures are conducted with a diverse team of clinicians with unique roles and responsibilities. Information about care plans and goals must also be developed, communicated, and coordinated across multiple disciplines and transferred effectively between shifts and personnel. The intricacies of routine care are compounded during emergency events, which require ICU teams to adapt to rapidly changing patient conditions while facing intense time pressure and conditional stress. Realities such as these emphasize the need for teamwork skills in the ICU. The measurement …