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Fixing Health Care Safety

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Video & Direct Laryngoscopy
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Video & Direct Laryngoscopy

Devices allowing simultaneous video & direct laryngoscopy represent a safety advantage over either direct laryngoscopes or video laryngoscopes. Intubation is more likely to be successful, with less airway trauma. The first attempt at intubation should be the best (and ideally the only) attempt. Laryngoscopes offering the combination of direct & […]

Gas Pipeline Mix Up
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Gas Pipeline Mix Up

Human factors engineering teaches us that despite our best efforts accidental gas pipeline crossovers will persist. We need to focus on putting measured in place such that when these inevitable pipeline crossovers occur they do not lead to patient harm. For information see this link: https://wordpress.com/post/patientsafe.wordpress.com/5027 Help: We are looking […]