Sign out tools: Difference between revisions

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In Emergency Medicine, we sign out very frequently relative to other fields.
Sign outs are common sources of preventable errors.
Many structured approaches to sign out have been developed.
Some of those structures have been studied and found to decrease preventable errors in sign out.

Developed and validated in the pediatric field

Amy J. Starmer, Nancy D. Spector, Rajendu Srivastava, April D. Allen, Christopher P. Landrigan, Theodore C. Sectish, the I-PASS Study Group. I-PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs.Pediatrics

February 2012, VOLUME 129 / ISSUE 2 [[Category:Category:Misc/General}}

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 *Many structured approaches to sign out have been developed.
 *Some of those structures have been studied and found to decrease preventable errors in sign out.
-==Indications==
-==Contraindications==
-==Equipment Needed==
 ==Procedure==
+===I-PASS mnemonic===
-One structure that was developed in the pediatric field and has been validated uses an IPASS mnemonic.
+''Developed and validated in the pediatric field''
+*'''I'''llness severity
-The I-PASS mnemonic provides a framework for the patient handoff process as follows:
+*'''P'''atient summary
+*'''A'''ction list
-I: Illness severity
+*'''S'''ituation awareness and contingency planning
+*'''S'''ynthesis by receiver
-P: Patient summary
-A: Action list
-S: Situation awareness and contingency planning
-S: Synthesis by receiver
-==Complications==
 ==See Also==
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 ==References==
 <references/>
+#Amy J. Starmer, Nancy D. Spector, Rajendu Srivastava, April D. Allen, Christopher P. Landrigan, Theodore C. Sectish, the I-PASS Study Group. I-PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs.Pediatrics
+February 2012, VOLUME 129 / ISSUE 2
-Amy J. Starmer, Nancy D. Spector, Rajendu Srivastava, April D. Allen, Christopher P. Landrigan, Theodore C. Sectish, the I-PASS Study Group. I-PASS, a Mnemonic to Standardize Verbal Handoffs.Pediatrics
-February 2012, VOLUME 129 / ISSUE 2
 [[Category:Procedures]]
+[[Category:Category:Misc/General}}