TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The checklist, your friend or foe?
JO  - Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
A1  - Sollid, Stephen J. M.
A1  - Kämäräinen, Antti
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The use of checklists in medicine, especially emergency medicine is a much-debated topic. Intuitively, checklists seem to have a place in emergency medicine, especially if the analogy to aviation is used. Checklists in aviation are a part of the very fabric of safe flight operations and used both as mental aids in preparing for flight but also to help pilots solve problems, such as an engine fire. Similarly, checklists in medicine seem to contribute to improve safety and reduce errors, e.g. as a mental aide to avoid errors of omission both pro-active and reactive.<br><br>© 2019 The Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-5172
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aas.13479
ID  - ref1
ER  -