Checklist use

[Private]

Further to an earlier thread .

This is an excellent article regarding the use of checklists in aviation and
their application and use in medical intensive care. It includes comments
on the need for checklists during the testing of the Boeing 229 / B17.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande

Happy landings,

[gatt[_2_]]

"Private" > wrote in message
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> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande

> It includes comments on the need for checklists during the testing of the
> Boeing 229 / B17.


Yeah, that's kind of a banner example. The Flying Fortress almost didn't
exist because of "pilot error." (Although I've always wondered if they
blamed the pilots for a glitch in order to salvage an otherwise-promising
contract.)



-c

[Scott Skylane]

Private wrote:
> Further to an earlier thread .
>
> This is an excellent article regarding the use of checklists in aviation and
> their application and use in medical intensive care. It includes comments
> on the need for checklists during the testing of the Boeing 229 / B17.
>
> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande
>
> Happy landings,
>
>
A fascinating article, to be sure, but it seems that the author doesn't
fully grasp what he is describing. Anyone who's been through the class
should immediately recognize that it's not "checklist use" that was key
to the hospital's successes, it was something called "Crew Resource
Management".

Nurses given the authority to question and/or intervene in doctor's
actions, Administrators brought in to the daily routine of the I.C.U. to
help identify/rectify needs and shortages. The medical profession has
only recently recognized what the aviation industry learned decades ago:
you can't rely on just one person's knowledge/judgement to run the whole
show. CRM means utilizing all available information and assistance to
safely complete a complex task. In both medicine, and aviation,
checklists are just one cog in a very big machine.

Happy Flying!
Scott Skylane