Strategies to Enhance Emergency Medicine

Essay aus dem Jahr 2023 im Fachbereich Medizin - Krankenhauswesen, Klinische Medizin, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Emergency Medicine (EM) poses ongoing challenges due to its dynamic nature and time pressures. This paper discusses cognitive biases, organizational factors, and emotional labor affecting outcomes. Despite mitigation efforts, human errors persist, often due to system complexities. Triage systems are crucial but suffer from misapplication, leading to increased mortality rates. Recommendations include evidence-based practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, and strategies to encourage error reporting and learning. Recommendations include evidence-based practices, interdisciplinary collaboration, and strategies to encourage error reporting and learning. Incorporating Bayesian decision-making and enhancing Triage Decision-Making (TDM) skills through training are suggested interventions. Addressing EM challenges requires collaboration across disciplines and efforts to understand and address systemic and cognitive factors for improved patient outcomes.