Our team is undoubtedly better than it was when we started our day.

Never underestimate the power of debriefing. It is the simplest way to take your team to the next level.

Great points by Andrew Petrosoniak Advanced Performance Kari White , especially the focus on debriefing clinical events that go well. Creating an opportunity to celebrate our successes is so important.
Let's do more Thumbs Up Debriefing 👍

Moments in the Jurassic Park Emergency Department

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This is written by virtually the entire Emergency Department of Alberta's largest city. It is reasoned, thoughtful and most of all - absolutely correct. /2

INFO Debrief post-resusc has become the norm here in YYC.

Anyone on the team can request one, they are usually Charge RN led, and all those involved in the case are invited to join (MD, RN, RT, PCA, EMS, SW, learners, etc)

It helps to know we're not alone in the aftermath.

Thanks for the positive words Andrew Petrosoniak

Follow up study 5 years after implementation of our clinical event debriefing (CED) process showed staff found that CED improved patient care and helped manage stress in the ED.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

And then set up a system to regularly debrief the real clinical cases and check in with the team to find out how things went

Interprofessional clinical event debriefing-does it make a difference? Attitudes of ED care providers to INFO clinical event debriefings by Stuart C. Rose et al. rdcu.be/cZKpL
Conclusion: this study provides further evidence supporting debriefing in clinical care areas

Debriefing in the ED helped staff improve patient care, teamwork and manage stress while acknowledging emotions. The shared experience is powerful.
Thank you to the staff that participated in our study during Covid.
Jan M Davies ITP Metrics UCalgaryEM
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

A comprehensive guide on clinical debriefing in the perioperative environment. Shoutout to Dr Liz Crowe (she/her) by Sonia Twigg. #DFTB22 ANZCA

Need foundations on Clinical Event Debriefing?
The Stanford University Simulcast self development module on CED is now available open access! 🥳🥳
simulationpodcast.com/self-developme…

Ash Rider, MD MEHP Kristen Ng Kimberly Schertzer, MD Kelly Roszczynialski Albert Chan Susan Eller

If you're looking for a helpful tool to lead these crisis debriefs, highly recc INFOdebriefing.

It only takes 5-10 min in the moment, but it can ensure that no one goes home wondering if they're the only one haunted by what they just witnessed.

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Still time to register to this free conference! Amazing guest speakers and panel members to celebrate the TALK project, #clinicaldebriefing funded by MarieSkłodowskaCurie. Paul Mullan Victoria Brazil Peter Dieckmann Michaela Kolbe JC Servotte INFOdebriefing Demian Szyld, MD, EdM

Looking forward to this workshop! TALK Debriefing and INFOdebriefing sharing experiences and perspectives

Great to hear it's working well 𝔻𝕣. 𝔽𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕙 ℚ𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕞

To our ED RN's - thank you for your compassion, sense of humour, tireless patient advocacy, common sense and team work. Your commitment and hard work is greatly appreciated by everyone who comes into contact with you every day. We could not do what we do without you.

Great overview of pros and cons of Clinical debriefing ⁦LITFL⁩ ⁦wrapem⁩ ⁦@rulesrule1⁩ ⁦Victoria Brazil⁩ ⁦Una Harrington⁩ ⁦Treadsoftly⁩ ⁦Bethany Boulton⁩ ⁦Shahina Braganza⁩ ⁦Suneth Jayasekara⁩ litfl.com/clinical-debri…

'This is not the update wanted to give you. Your husband died about fifteen minutes ago. I'm so sorry.'

The rest of it is harder to say. He wasn't alone. The respiratory therapist and I stayed with him until the end, squeezing his hands, telling him it was okay to go.

Let's talk INFO debriefing! Email Jill to get involved! Eddy Lang Shawn Dowling Andrew McRae Calgary EM Residents Fareen Zaver