Background Brief, stand-up meetings known as huddles may improve clinical care, but
knowledge about huddle implementation and effectiveness at the frontlines is fragmented …

Background Accurate situation awareness has been identified as a critical component of
effective deteriorating patient response systems and an essential patient safety skill for …

Background: During the transfer of patients, both ambulance and hospital emergency
service professionals need to exchange necessary, precise, and complete information for an …

Objectives Team situational awareness (TSA) is critical for effective teamwork and supports
dynamic decision making in unpredictable, time‐pressured situations. Simulation provides a …

Aims To synthesize current knowledge about the impact of safety briefings as an intervention
to improve patient safety. Background Improving safety in health care remains an ongoing …

Many studies on teams report measures of team communication; however, these studies
vary widely in terms of the team characteristics, situations, and tasks studied making it …

BACKGROUND Over the last decade, patient safety, which is defined as the prevention of
harm to patients, 1 has become a key priority for health care systems because of increased …

Situation awareness (SA) refers to the conscious awareness of the current situation in
relation to one's environment. In nursing, loss or failure to achieve high levels of SA is linked …

Background and objectives Despite the American College of Emergency Physicians and
American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations for standardised handoffs in the …

Aim Intrahospital transportation (IHT) of patients under mechanical ventilation (MV)
significantly increases the risk of patient harm. A structured process performed by a well …