RE: CRM and other areas out side cockpit
darshan.bhatt_at_astra.in.astra.com
Mon, 25 Jan 1999 10:07:27 +0100
> Hello all,
> Dr Braithwaite wrote.....
>
> ......an Australian Airline which is trying to extend many of the
> principles of CRM out of the flight deck and into not just cabin crew,
> but also Engineering
> and Maintenance, Ramp staff and Customer Service Officers. ...........
>
>
> Following is an extract of one of the threads that I followed in the
> aeromedical forum.
>
> "Now, the medical world is finding potential solutions to its errors from
> an unlikely place - the aviation industry.
>
> The link is not illogical, experts say: cockpit crews have had to develop
> protocols not just for pre flight safety checks, but also to ensure that
> any crew member is listened to when emergencies arise. The culture of
> the operating room sometimes works against warnings to surgeons or
> anesthesiologists. Nurses, who may have the best overall view of the
> procedure, are not always encouraged to give doctors advice.
>
> "Aviation has these rules about how you do things," says Michael Todd,
> editor in chief of "Anesthesiology" and professor at the University of
> Iowa School of Medicine. "There is a growing recognition that things in
> the aviation world apply in the medical world".
>
>
> which goes to prove the point that human resource management is of crucial
> importance in all team work.
>
>
Dr. Darshan Bhatt
Consultant (Av Med)
Bangalore, India.