TY - GEN
T1 - Do trauma activations affect interruptions in the emergency department?
AU - Forsyth, Katherine L.
AU - Hawthorne, Hunter J.
AU - Linden, Anna R.
AU - El-Sherif, Nibras
AU - Varghese, Rachelen S.
AU - Hallbeck, M. Susan
AU - Blocker, Renaldo C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright 2017 by Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Clinicians have anecdotally indicated that interruptions increase following trauma activations in the emergency department (ED), yet it is unknown whether interruptions change following the end of a trauma case. This study aimed to examine the interruption characteristics of clinicians that participate in trauma activations before and after activations using the SEIPS model. Observers shadowed ED clinicians across entire shifts and logged interruptions that affected clinicians in a tablet PC-based tool. Interruption characteristics captured included duration, nature, location, and task priority. Trauma activations lasting more than five minutes were also recorded. Only interruptions occurring within one-hour of trauma activations were included in the analysis. Chi-square analyses identified significant associations between SEIPS-categorized interruptions and the interruption priority, p < 0.01, and between the SEIPS-categorized interruptions and the interruption location, p = 0.01, pre- and post-trauma activations. Identifying these associations revealed key opportunities to reduce unnecessary interruptions in the ED.
AB - Clinicians have anecdotally indicated that interruptions increase following trauma activations in the emergency department (ED), yet it is unknown whether interruptions change following the end of a trauma case. This study aimed to examine the interruption characteristics of clinicians that participate in trauma activations before and after activations using the SEIPS model. Observers shadowed ED clinicians across entire shifts and logged interruptions that affected clinicians in a tablet PC-based tool. Interruption characteristics captured included duration, nature, location, and task priority. Trauma activations lasting more than five minutes were also recorded. Only interruptions occurring within one-hour of trauma activations were included in the analysis. Chi-square analyses identified significant associations between SEIPS-categorized interruptions and the interruption priority, p < 0.01, and between the SEIPS-categorized interruptions and the interruption location, p = 0.01, pre- and post-trauma activations. Identifying these associations revealed key opportunities to reduce unnecessary interruptions in the ED.
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U2 - 10.1177/1541931213601645
DO - 10.1177/1541931213601645
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85042517514
T3 - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
SP - 643
EP - 647
BT - Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
PB - Human Factors an Ergonomics Society Inc.
T2 - Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2017 International Annual Meeting, HFES 2017
Y2 - 9 October 2017 through 13 October 2017
ER -