Human factors in emergency care: the need for team resource management
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Human factors in emergency care: the need for team resource management

Antonia Lynch Consultant nurse, Emergency department at The Royal London Hospital
Elaine Cole Lecturer and practitioner in emergency nursing and trauma, Emergency department at The Royal London Hospital

ANTONIA LYNCH and ELAINE COLE discuss the impact of human factors on the provision of emergency care and the application of team resource management to staff in emergency care settings

Working in emergency departments has never been more stressful than it is nowadays. The number of annual attendances continues to rise, as the pressures on trusts to meet government targets increases. Meanwhile, the link between these targets and trusts’ star ratings has placed emergency departments in the media spotlight, and never has this spotlight been so intense as now.

Emergency Nurse. 14, 2, 32-35. doi: 10.7748/en2006.05.14.2.32.c1226

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