Mastering Intensive Care 021 with Martin Bromiley

LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blogMartin Bromiley – Turning tragedy into safer healthcare with attention to human factors (DasSMACC special episode)Are we truly making healthcare safer?Do we adequately understand human factors in how we work in hospitals?How would you respond if your partner died from a “routine operation”?These are just 3 of the questions you are likely to ponder as you listen to this interview with Martin Bromiley OBE from the United Kingdom on the Mastering Intensive Care podcast.Whilst many people that we care for in our Intensive Care Units receive excellent care, sadly there are some who end up in our ICUs after something goes unexpectedly wrong during a routine operation. Tragically some of these people die. Not due to anything they did, but from medical error.In the final DasSMACC special episode, I speak to Martin Bromiley, who became a widower when his wife, Elaine, died in such circumstances 12 years ago. In what has been described as “the direct result of human factors and failings in non-technical skills, created by systemic failings in the healthcare system”. Martin didn’t blame, shame or complain. He did his best to move forward by researching the culture in healthcare around safety and human factors. And he recognised that although there were pockets of excellence the UK’s National Health Service was culturally...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Intensive Care Mastering Intensive Care Andrew Davies human facotrs Martin Bromiley patient safety routine operation Source Type: blogs