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Teams - A Maths Problem You’ll Never Forget
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The realities of hospital operations are that rigidly assigned teams are a rarity.
Teams are often based on who's on schedule, the nature of the case and so on.
Consider this real example:
A patient suffers an obstetric emergency. The hospital has 208 staff members that make up the 6 disciplines (obstetrician, midwife, paediatrician, scrub/scout nurse, anaesthetist, anaesthetic assistant) necessary to form the critical event team that will respond.
How many team combinations are possible?
381,000,000
That's how many team combinations in this hospital could form to respond to a single obstetrics emergency
81 x 50 x 16 x 12 x 14 x 25 = 381,000,000
How many team combinations could come together in your organisation to respond to a patient emergency? The numbers can be startling.
Now consider how difficult it might be trying to introduce one another and remember names when the focus is one the job at hand. Using staff names however is a vital communication tool - especially in these often trying circumstances.
When we consider the mathematics of the problem the benefits of personalised name & role TheatreCaps in improving patient outcomes become ever more obvious. Further many clinicians work in several different institutions throughout their careers. More and more we're seeing agency staff needing to fill in roster gaps.
Working in teams can be a real challenge.
Who hasn't suffered that awkward moment where they've forgotten the name of someone they've worked with before? We're often too embarrassed to ask again - it may suggest we don't find the person memorable. They may be too polite to spontaneously offer their name too - concerned it may suggest that you are forgetful.
Our caps will help teams communicate in a better way.
