Medical Simulation Center

Simulation-Based Patient Safety Training Materials:
Critical Thinking and Decision Making

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This PowerPoint presentation illustrates the basic concepts of the continuum of decision making and biases to which clinicians are vulnerable.

Critical Thinking (PDF version)
Critical Thinking (PowerPoint version)

Module:
Difficult Airway Management in Patient with Status Asthmaticus

Images:

CXR 1 (hyperinflated lungs)
CXR 2 (left pneumothorax)
EKG 1 (sinus tachycardia)
EKG 2 (ventricular tachycardia)

See project summary: Transportable Simulation-Based Training Curriculum and Validated Human Performance System

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Simulation-Based Patient Safety Training Materials: Critical Thinking and Decision Making

Simulation-Based Patient Safety Training Materials:
Critical Thinking and Decision Making