Background Accurate situation awareness has been identified as a critical component of
effective deteriorating patient response systems and an essential patient safety skill for …

In this paper we advance team theory by describing how cognition occurs across the
distribution of members and the artifacts and technology that support their efforts. We draw …

Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), defined as blood loss of 500 mL or more after
childbirth, is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide. It is possible to prevent …

Epistemic engineering arises as systems and their parts develop functionality that is
construed as valid knowledge. By hypothesis, epistemic engineering is a basic evolutionary …

Objectives This work examines the variability in how different anesthesia providers
approach patient care to provide insight into the source and necessity of variations in …

Verbal protocol analysis (VPA) is often used to elicit information about the cognitive
processes of operators as it provides rich data and can be used in naturalistic settings …

Technological advancements are giving rise to the fourth industrial revolution–Industry 4.0–
characterized by the mass employment of smart objects in highly reconfigurable and …

Post-operative delirium (POD) is a health hazard condition for the patients and it is
associated with increased costs for the healthcare system. Following a system-theoretic …

Medication errors in anesthesia are prevalent and efforts to address medication errors bring
with them new potential avenues of failure, especially when the work system and 'work as …

The main purpose of the present research is to investigate the role of distributional cognition
on team performance in dynamic and high-risk environments. The research method was …