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Risk assessment in critical care medicine: a tool to assess patient safety

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  • K. Eidesen
  • S. J. M. Sollid
  • T. Aven

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In many industries and areas, risk assessment has shown to be a useful decision-making tool, to compare options and study the need for risk-reducing measures. In health care, risk assessment is on relatively new ground, and in this paper, we address its use in this area, with emphasis on patient safety. We present a new approach to such assessments for this type of application, using a broad risk perspective where risk is defined as the two-dimensional combination of (1) events, consequences and (2) associated uncertainties. The approach acknowledges that risk is more than historical-based probabilities. It is demonstrated using a case from training of health professionals and the use of simulation in the training of physicians performing advanced airway procedures for critically ill patients.

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  • K. Eidesen & S. J. M. Sollid & T. Aven, 2009. "Risk assessment in critical care medicine: a tool to assess patient safety," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(3-4), pages 281-294, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:12:y:2009:i:3-4:p:281-294
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870802456914
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    1. Langdalen, Henrik & Abrahamsen, Eirik Bjorheim & Abrahamsen, HÃ¥kon Bjorheim, 2020. "A New Framework To Idenitfy And Assess Hidden Assumptions In The Background Knowledge Of A Risk Assessment," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
    2. Gulsum Kubra Kaya & James Ward & John Clarkson, 2019. "A Review of Risk Matrices Used in Acute Hospitals in England," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 39(5), pages 1060-1070, May.

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