The Role of Teamwork and Non-technical Skills for Improving Emergency Surgical Outcomes: an International Perspective

Overview

Journal Patient Saf Surg

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2022 Feb 9

PMID 35135584

Authors

Philip F Stahel

Lorenzo Cobianchi

Francesca Dal Mas

Simon Paterson-Brown

Boris E Sakakushev

Christine Nguyen

Gustavo P Fraga

Steven Yule

Dimitrios Damaskos

Andrew J Healey

Walter Biffl

Luca Ansaloni

Fausto Catena

Affiliations

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Abstract

The assurance of patient safety in emergency general surgery remains challenging due to the patients' high-risk underlying conditions and the wide variability in emergency surgical care provided around the globe. The authors of this article convened as an expert panel on patient safety in surgery at the 8 International Conference of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) in Edinburgh, Scotland, on September 7-10, 2021. This review article represents the proceedings from the expert panel discussions at the WSES congress and was designed to provide an international perspective on optimizing teamwork and non-technical skills in emergency general surgery.

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