Comments on: Want a safer O.R? Shut the !@#& up! https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/ Marketing Ethics for the Easily Swayed Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bev https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-427375 Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:36:48 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-427375 Here I am getting scheduled for a (minor) surgery and the surgeon is one who would have a COW if I asked if someone could be there with me! And I was so cavalier about getting someone to accompany you to surgery! I have absolutely zero idea about how this OR team behaves during surgery. Cross your fingers!

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-427280 Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:05:24 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-427280 Thanks for trying to track down the (free) copy for me. I love these photos of seeing your paper published! Congrats!!

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]]> By: John Gibbs https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-426823 Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:00:30 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-426823 Hi Carolyn,

Sorry for the belated reply. As far as I know, the online article is only available as a pay for view document. However The Journal of Perioperative Practice has a very high circulation rate worldwide and I would assume that most hospitals would subscribe to it. Indeed our own organisation does and we now have the pleasure of having an article written and now sitting on the shelves of our own resource room.

Take care and thank you for the comments, and indeed your own continued efforts to improve the provision of the highest quality health care that ever one deserves. Not only for patients, but for staff.

Kindest Regards.
John

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-426311 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:04:35 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-426311 Meanwhile, please let me know if/when this paper is available to the general public.

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]]> By: John Gibbs https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-426302 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:42:27 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-426302 Thanks Carolyn for the great comments. The journal is very popular and lots of hospitals will subscribe to it, so you may find it in your academic resource department.

Here is a hyperlink to the actual article, however again, it appears that the user must pay a fee to download it.

Take care and kind regards.
John

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-426300 Mon, 27 Jun 2016 02:56:32 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-426300 Congrats on these two successful awareness opportunities, John. Do you know if the Journal of Perioperative Practice paper is available for free?

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]]> By: John Gibbs https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-425673 Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:39:22 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-425673 Hi Carolyn. Again thanks for taking the time to address this very real and concerning issue of distraction and noise in the operating room.

I would like to let you know of our recent success in promoting this innovative idea and celebrating the uptake of this simple yet effective tool.

Dr Frank Sweeny, the creator of the ‘Straight Talk MD’ Podcast, has delivered for us a free plug right across America!

You can find Frank’s one minute sound grab from his interview with Michelle Feil, Senior Patient Safety Analyst with the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority about ‘Distracted Doctoring in the OR’

We have also just been published in the UK ‘Journal of Perioperative Practice‘ under the heading “A pathway to clinician-led culture change in the operating theatre “

We thank you again for flagging the very real issue of noise and distraction in the operating room.

Kindest Regards,
John Gibbs

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-423328 Fri, 18 Mar 2016 02:58:50 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-423328 Thanks John – I love this patient safety initiative (and nurse-driven! you have to love that!) Best of luck with convincing other O.R. teams to adopt Below Ten Thousand themselves.
regards,
C.

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]]> By: John https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-423318 Thu, 17 Mar 2016 23:47:18 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-423318 Hi Carolyn Thomas. I am an operating nurse in Australia and we have been significantly concerned about noise and distractions in the operation room. So concerned in fact that a fellow nurse and I developed a language based safety tool called ‘Below Ten Thousand’ that is designed to :

-Flag critical phases of flight (Surgery).
-Create team situational awareness.
-Created directed focus at the task at hand.
-Create immediate and unquestioned quiet when required.

We have been having amazing success with using this iconic term of reference and many health care facilities have began to use it in their own organisations.

Best of all…….It is all TOTALLY FREE to use!!!!

Here are some useful links.

http://www.belowtenthousand.com/

https://www.facebook.com/belowtenthousandcom-134525700051119/

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]]> By: Carolyn Thomas https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-193468 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:15:27 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-193468 Hi Angela – that is just the kind of patient story I like to hear!

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]]> By: Angela Kerstiens https://ethicalnag.org/2013/06/03/noisy-o-r/comment-page-1/#comment-193355 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 04:38:46 +0000 http://ethicalnag.org/?p=11366#comment-193355 Reading this brought back a vivid memory of my time in the cath lab during my heart attack.

I remember a crazy flurry of activity in the ER when I arrived. Once I was wheeled to the cath lab, everyone left and the room was absolutely still and quiet. I think I was alone for a mere five minutes, but the absolute silence was a little unnerving. The doctor popped his head over me & introduced himself, said I could call him by his first name, and then assured me “We can fix this.” I trusted him completely in that moment.

The room remained absolutely quiet after that. I had no doubt my doc was completely focused on what he was supposed to be doing and for this I am extremely thankful.

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