title: The surgical prebrief as part of a five-point comprehensive approach to improving pediatric cardiac surgical team communication.
abstract: Communication is essential to the safe conduct of any critical task including cardiac surgery. After inspiration by airline crew resource management training, a communication system for the care plans of pediatric cardiac patients was developed and refined over time that encompasses the entire heart center team. Five distinct communication points are used to ensure preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care, which is transitioned efficiently and maintained at the highest level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hoganson
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Umar S
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Boston
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saint Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University in Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA eghtesadyp@wustl.edu.
authors.forename: Pirooz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eghtesady
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D002648:Child; D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D005791:Patient Care / Q000592:standards*; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*
keywords: comorbidity; intensive care; patient safety; perioperative care