Flow disruptions in trauma surgery: Type, impact, and affect

Renaldo C. Blocker; Sacha Duff; Douglas Wiegmann; Ken Catchpole; Jennifer Blaha; Daniel Shouhed; Eric Ley; Cathy Karl; Richard Karl; Bruce Gewertz

doi:10.1177/1071181312561169

Flow disruptions in trauma surgery: Type, impact, and affect

Renaldo C. Blocker, Sacha Duff, Douglas Wiegmann, Ken Catchpole, Jennifer Blaha, Daniel Shouhed, Eric Ley, Cathy Karl, Richard Karl, Bruce Gewertz

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify and understand all components of the trauma care process to mitigate the systemic challenges faced by clinicians attempting to deliver the best trauma care. The study was conducted using a prospective data collection method. An interdisciplinary team of researchers observed 87 cases over a 10-week period and identified 1759 flow disruptions. There were a higher number of flow disruptions per case in the operating room (M=61.3, ±36.72) than in the emergency department (M=9.2, ±1.77) or radiology (M=7.5, ±2.01). Focusing on the OR, the majority of the flow disruptions identified in the OR were due to either coordination issues (28%) or communication breakdowns (24%). Roughly 12% of disruptions resulted in moderate delays or full case cessation. This study demonstrates the value of using flow disruptions as a surrogate for efficiency and quality outcome measures, and as a diagnostic method for understanding higher order problems in the system of trauma care.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Pages	811-815
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561169
State	Published - Dec 1 2012
Event	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Oct 22 2012 → Oct 26 2012

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Name	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
ISSN (Print)	1071-1813

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Other	Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	10/22/12 → 10/26/12

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Human Factors and Ergonomics

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Blocker, R. C., Duff, S., Wiegmann, D., Catchpole, K., Blaha, J., Shouhed, D., Ley, E., Karl, C., Karl, R., & Gewertz, B. (2012). Flow disruptions in trauma surgery: Type, impact, and affect. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012 (pp. 811-815). (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society). https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561169

Flow disruptions in trauma surgery : Type, impact, and affect. / Blocker, Renaldo C.; Duff, Sacha; Wiegmann, Douglas et al.

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. 2012. p. 811-815 (Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society).

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Blocker, RC, Duff, S, Wiegmann, D, Catchpole, K, Blaha, J, Shouhed, D, Ley, E, Karl, C, Karl, R & Gewertz, B 2012, Flow disruptions in trauma surgery: Type, impact, and affect. in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, pp. 811-815, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 56th Annual Meeting, HFES 2012, Boston, MA, United States, 10/22/12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181312561169

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