Does the use of the Stanford emergency manual cognitive aid improve staff perception and reduce missed critical treatment steps in multidisciplinary perioperative staff?
The implementation of cognitive aids and emergency checklists in the perioperative setting improves staff preparedness and reduces errors during simulated emergencies.
Introduction of the Stanford emergency manual cognitive aid to multidisciplinary perioperative staff with an in-service and simulated malignant hyperthermia scenario improved staff perception of cognitive aid use during emergencies. Use of cognitive aid checklists during simulated perioperative emergencies was shown to reduce missed critical treatment steps.
Gallegos et al. (Mon,) studied this question.