Re:Hospital checklists are meant to save lives, so why do th...
by AmericanChopper on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @06:34PM
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> In training it's drilled into us that the response to panic is: get out the checklist and follow it
I do this, and always teach others to do this, during incident response. The reason I think it works is it reduces your burden for making decisions during a stressful time. No matter who you are, how good you are at managing stress, or how experienced you are, you’ll almost always end up making worse decisions under pressure, so removing the need to make decisions as much as possible seems to generally lead to better outcomes.
I do this, and always teach others to do this, during incident response. The reason I think it works is it reduces your burden for making decisions during a stressful time. No matter who you are, how good you are at managing stress, or how experienced you are, you’ll almost always end up making worse decisions under pressure, so removing the need to make decisions as much as possible seems to generally lead to better outcomes.