Code critical airway teams improves patient safety

Code Generation for Safety-Critical Systems

It is natural to rely on experiences from the aviation industry when developing safety-critical systems for automotive applications. In the aviation industry for several decades programmable systems have been used for flight control, aircraft engine control, landing gear control etc.. The safety and reliability requirements of these systems are comparable with steer-by-wire or brake-by-wire sys...

3.2 Simulation Based Training Improves Airway Management for Helicopter EMS Teams Simulation Based Training Improves Airway Management for Helicopter EMS Teams

The use of paralytic medications in the performance of RSI intubation is a high risk intervention used by many HEMS crews. There is no margin for error in RSI intubation as the results can be fatal. Operating room access for airway management training has become more difficult, and is not representative of the environment in which HEMS crews typically function. LifeEvac of Virginia designed and...

Bad behavior in OR threatens patient safety, stresses teams.

Patient safety in the critical care environment.

Improving the quality and safety of intensive care unit (ICU) care in the United States is a significant challenge for the future. Obtaining improvement in systems of care is difficult given the reactionary mode physicians tend to enter when dealing with moment-to-moment crises. It will be important to implement quality and safety measures that are already supported by evidence. Improvement of ...

Using Automatic Code Generation for Safety-Critical System Development

To minimize the dangers of such systems, special development standards and processes have been designed for use in safety-critical applications. The established standard in automotive electronics is IEC61508. This is a generic safety standard that requires the defi nition of more detailed standards for specifi c industries and projects. Software engineering studies have shown that the RTCA DO-1...