Book contents
- Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA
- Reviews
- Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors to the First Edition
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Medicine
- Section 2 Surgery
- Section 3 Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care
- Section 4 Anatomy and Regional Anaesthesia
- Section 5 Miscellaneous
- Chapter 5.1 Environmentally Sustainable Anaesthesia
- Chapter 5.2 Ethics and Consent
- Chapter 5.3 Critical Incidents
- Index
- References
Chapter 5.3 - Critical Incidents
from Section 5 - Miscellaneous
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2025
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Book contents
- Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA
- Reviews
- Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors to the First Edition
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 Medicine
- Section 2 Surgery
- Section 3 Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care
- Section 4 Anatomy and Regional Anaesthesia
- Section 5 Miscellaneous
- Chapter 5.1 Environmentally Sustainable Anaesthesia
- Chapter 5.2 Ethics and Consent
- Chapter 5.3 Critical Incidents
- Index
- References
Summary
A critical incident is any preventable mishap, which leads to or could have led to an undesirable patient’s outcome. A near miss is defined as an event with the potential to progress to the negative outcome if left.
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- Dr Podcast Scripts for the Final FRCA , pp. 651 - 653Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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Royal College of Anaesthetists. Royal College of Anaesthetists: Core level training, critical incidents. Critical Incidents. 14 August 2019; available at: www.rcoa.ac.uk/documents/cct-anaesthetics-core-level-training/critical-incidents (accessed 16 August 2022).Google Scholar
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