Have you tried operating with a checklist?

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Like this?

1. Stop the bleeding.
2. Stop the stooling.
3. Sew the ends back together
4. Beer.

Seriously though I assume you mean more than the WHO time-out pre-op checklist? I'd like to see examples of what you mean.

Bill

>>> Robert Smith <rfsmithmd at comcast.net> 10/14/2009 8:49 AM >>>
I think that's a fascinating idea. Could you go into a little more  
operational detail about how you implement that in trauma cases?

Rob Smith

On Oct 14, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Sise, Michael (MD) wrote:

> Colleagues,
>
> Any of you tried operating with your own brief checklist of key  
> operative steps? You would be surprised how often it prompts you to  
> do things more efficiently and, about 20-30% of the time, reminds  
> you of something you're about to forget - usually trivial - but  
> forget nonetheless.
>
> Mike Sise
> San Diego
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