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Human Factors in Ballistic Trauma

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Human Factors are described as ‘enhancing clinical performance through an understanding of the effects of teamwork, tasks, equipment, workspace, culture and organisation on human behaviour and abilities and application of that knowledge in clinical settings’ [1] and also as ‘the cognitive, social, and personal resource skills that complement technical skills, and contribute to safe and efficient task performance’ [2]. Healthcare has taken the lead from the aviation industry where it was estimated that approximately 70% of errors investigated were attributable to failed communication, poor decision- making and ineffective leadership [3].

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    Simon J. Mercer

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  1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    John Breeze

  2. Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom

    Jowan G. Penn-Barwell

  3. Department Military Anaesthesia, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Institute Research & Development, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Damian Keene

  4. University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    David O'Reilly

  5. Academic Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Birmingham Research Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Jeyasankar Jeyanathan

  6. Department Military Anaesthesia, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine Institute Research & Development, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Peter F. Mahoney

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Mercer, S.J. (2017). Human Factors in Ballistic Trauma. In: Breeze, J., Penn-Barwell, J., Keene, D., O'Reilly, D., Jeyanathan, J., Mahoney, P. (eds) Ballistic Trauma. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61364-2_22

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