http://thecentralline.org/?p=423 Sharing the ideas, opinions and experiences of emergency physicians Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:04:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://thecentralline.org/?p=423&cpage=1#comment-37 Chris McCoy Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:37:31 +0000 http://thecentralline.org/?p=423#comment-37 Great points, Graham. We certainly can learn from the aviation and transportation safety arena, but as long as humans are not mass produced in assembly lines, we'll be working with incredibly complex biological system with more variables and inter-individual differences than we can mentally grasp. Plus, we're morally obligated to work with everyone who comes for our help ... and we're can't write them off as a total loss if they are broken beyond repair, or send them back to the factory for a replacement, etc. We should always strive to do better, but we should also recognize when working to prevent one problem (like in-hospital falls) will worsen another (delirium from sedation). Great points, Graham. We certainly can learn from the aviation and transportation safety arena, but as long as humans are not mass produced in assembly lines, we’ll be working with incredibly complex biological system with more variables and inter-individual differences than we can mentally grasp.
Plus, we’re morally obligated to work with everyone who comes for our help … and we’re can’t write them off as a total loss if they are broken beyond repair, or send them back to the factory for a replacement, etc. We should always strive to do better, but we should also recognize when working to prevent one problem (like in-hospital falls) will worsen another (delirium from sedation).

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