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Articles
Commentary: Communicating with Patients
Negotiating an Effective Physician-Patient Relationship
Difficult Clinician-Patient Relationships
Communicating with Patients’ Families
Low Literacy Patients: A Hidden Risk
Women’s Understanding of the Mammography Debate
Handling Patient E-mail
Tips for Managing Phone Calls from Upset Patients
Closed Claim Abstract: Communication Among Providers
Teamwork Failures Noted in Malpractice Claims
Case Study: Surgical Team Forgets a Foreign Body
Can Teamwork Enhance Patient Safety?
How to Turn a Team of Experts Into an Expert Team
From Theory to Practice: An Interview with Dr. Michael Leona
Changing Culture: MedTeams in Labor and Delivery
I’m a Surgeon, Not a Teammate
Audio
Closed Claim Abstract: Two Bad Findings, One Lost Referral
Best Practice: Lab/Referral Follow-up Assigned
Interactive Learning
Coordinating Patient Care: Interactive Exercise
Teamwork in Labor & Delivery Introduction Video
Target Area: Communications & Teamwork December 2004

Teamwork in Labor & Delivery Introduction Video

From the RMF CME Online course, Teamwork in a Labor & Delivery Setting, avalable at www.rmfcme.com.

Click the play button to view the video clip. The text transcription is available below.

To view this clip, you must have Windows Media Player™ installed (download it here).

In the exercise below, four scenarios are presented. After each one, you will be asked to choose the next step. Click on the best choice, and the consequences of your choice will be shown along with helpful advice for safe hand-offs. Click on the "Begin Exercise" button below to continue.

Transcript:

Doctor 1: Let's proceed with general anesthesia.
Doctor 2: I just need a few minutes.
Doctor 1: Get on with it.
Doctor 1: Now, doctor!
Doctor 1: She out yet?
Doctor 2: I still need to intubate.
Doctor 3: Shouldn't we wait for the OA?
Nurse: We have incision.
Doctor 2: I can't intubate.
Doctor 2: I can't ventilate.
Doctor 2: Call for a code!
Doctor 1: What's wrong with you people?
Doctor 2: Call for a code!
Nurse: Calling the code team.
Doctor 1: Please tell me you can oxygenate this woman.
Doctor 2: Where the hell is the code team?
Doctor 3: We need an emergency trach.
Doctor 1: We have a baby boy.

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