Coping with complex medical emergency situations. Competent and successful decision-making, communication and leadership

摘要

Stress is an integral part of the daily routine among healthcare workers in anesthesiology and emergency medicine.This article describes negative stress effects in complex emergency situations and presents helpful tools for coping with them.Evaluation and discussion of selected medical and psychological publications and the inclusion of expert opinions are presented.Negative stress of healthcare providers in medical emergencies severely affects their reasoning and communication and is inadequately taken into account during routine care.Research in aviation and psychology has provided various tools to improve performance during stressful events and should be taken into consideration for routine daily use.