Volume 25, Issue 2

Reducing cognitive errors will improve patient safety.

Acknowledgement: This editorial was reviewed by Dr. Stiegler prior to submission.

Bibliography and links to websites with checklists for anesthesia
emergencies:

  1. Arriaga, A.F. et al. Simulation-Based Trial of Surgical-Crisis Checklists. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013;368(3):246-253. http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMsa1204720
  2. Stiegler, M.P. et al. Cognitive errors detected in anaesthesiology: a literature review and pilot study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2012;108(2):229-235. http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/108/2/229.full.pdf+html
  3. Gigerenzer, G and Gaissmaier, W: Heuristic Decision Making. Annual Review of Psychology 2011;62:451-482. http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-psych-120709-145346
  4. Moitra, V.K. et al. Anesthesia advanced circulatory life support. Canadian Journal of Anesthesiology. 2012;59(6):586-603. http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12630-012-9699-3.pdf
  5. http://www.pedsanesthesia.org/newnews/Critical_Event_Checklists.pdf
  6. http://emergencymanual.stanford.edu/

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