CHARLES TRUAX, The mechanics of surgery, comprising detailed descriptions, illustrations and lists ofinstruments, appliances andfurniture necessary in modern surgical art (1899), with an Introduction by James M. Edmonson, Norman Surgery Series, No. 1, San Francisco, Norman Publishing, 1988, 8vo, pp. xliii, 1024, illus., $145.00. This reprinted reference book is much more than Chicago-based Trua...

Error in health services delivery has long been recognised as a significant cause of inpatient morbidity and mortality. Root-cause analyses have cited communication failure as one of the contributing factors in adverse events. The formalised fighter pilot mission brief and debrief formed the basis of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) crew resource management (CRM) concept...

The reengagement of Jørn Utzon on the Sydney Opera House in 1999 was considered an international coup and opportunity for healing closure to controversy sparked by his departure 32 years earlier. This paper investigates consequences Utzon’s analyses work completed collaborators thereafter, both with respect original successor, Peter Hall. A focus is proposal JPW Architects, a New Theatre replac...

UNLABELLED Nurses' perceptions and experiences of communication in the operating theatre: a focus group interview BACKGROUND Communication programmes are well established in nurse education. The focus of programmes is most often on communicating with patients with less attention paid to inter-professional communication or skills essential for working in specialised settings. Although there ar...

The Medical Annual for 1923 is a volume which no practising general practitioner can afford to be without. It is particularly rich in articles of practical clinical value. Among many other articles perhaps that by Sir W. I. de C. Wheeler on " General surgical treatment" is the most interesting: he emphasises the necessity for team work, the use of written instructions to sisters in charge of th...

Empyema the collection of pus in pleural cavity. Its caused by an infection and can cause symptoms such as pain shortness breath. The study was based on 50 patients admitted to hospital time period 2 years. different treatment methods used were Fluid removal chest tube, a thoracotomy or performing thoracoscopic surgery. For high-risk patient tube drain with repeated toilet operation theatre sav...

In this paper we report about ongoing research on navigation assistance in virtual environments. Our aim is to contribute to the development of forms of navigation assistance that enable non-professional visitors of a virtual environment to find their way without previous training. The environment used in this research is a virtual theatre that models a real world music theatre. This virtual th...

BACKGROUND Surgical teams' awareness of the time needed to perform specific phases of a surgical procedure is likely to improve communication in the operating theatre and benefit patient safety. The aim of this study was to assess surgeons' awareness of time utilization and the actual time needed to perform specific phases of an operation. METHODS A survey was conducted to examine the method ...