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Patient Safety and Human Factors in Simulation Flashcards

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  1. Which principle of high reliability organizations is shown when the most knowledgeable team member leads a decision, whatever their rank?

    Answer: Deference to expertise

    Deference to expertise moves decision-making to the person with the most relevant knowledge, not the most senior person.

  2. An educator uses a live defibrillator on a manikin during training. Which safety measure is most important?

    Answer: Using only manikins rated for live energy delivery and following equipment safety protocols

    Live defibrillation needs a manikin rated for energy delivery plus standard safety practices, which protects participants and equipment.

  3. Under a Just Culture framework, how should a clinician who knowingly skips a required safety step to save time be handled?

    Answer: Coached about at-risk behavior and the system incentives that encourage it

    Just Culture separates human error (console), at-risk behavior (coach), and reckless behavior (sanction), and a drifting shortcut is usually at-risk behavior.

  4. What does a Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) primarily do?

    Answer: Proactively identify where a process could fail and prioritize risks

    FMEA is a prospective tool that finds potential failure modes and ranks them by severity, likelihood, and detectability.

  5. In the CUS escalation tool, what do the letters stand for?

    Answer: Concerned, Uncomfortable, Safety issue

    CUS stands for 'I am Concerned, I am Uncomfortable, this is a Safety issue,' which escalates assertive speaking up.

  6. In Endsley's model of situation awareness, what is Level 3?

    Answer: Projecting future status

    Endsley's model goes from perception (Level 1) to comprehension (Level 2) to projection of future states (Level 3).

  7. Why can simulation help reduce alarm fatigue on clinical units?

    Answer: It lets staff practice telling actionable alarms from nuisance alarms and test alarm settings safely

    Simulation gives a safe place to practice alarm prioritization and to test default settings that add to desensitization.

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