Abstract
Background Medical error in trauma care remains common [1]. Checklists are a cognitive aid that can be employed to standardise practice and minimise error. Their usage is ubiquitous in other high-intensity professions, such as aviation. Following the success of the World Health Organisation's surgical safety checklist they are now in the process of developing a trauma care checklist. My aim was to evaluate whether a checklist could be applied to the trauma setting to facilitate high quality, standardised care.
Highlights
Medical error in trauma care remains common [1]
Checklists are a cognitive aid that can be employed to standardise practice and minimise error. Their usage is ubiquitous in other high-intensity professions, such as aviation
My aim was to evaluate whether a checklist could be applied to the trauma setting to facilitate high quality, standardised care
Summary
Background Medical error in trauma care remains common [1].
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