title: Importance of good teamwork in urgent care services.
abstract: High quality, safe care for patients depends on effective teamwork, and where multi-professional teams work together there is higher patient satisfaction, increased staff innovation, less stress and more communication ( West 2013 ). Conversely, lapses in teamwork and poor communication can result in adverse events ranging from retained foreign objects to perinatal events and medication errors ( Peter and Pronovost 2013 ), and even the death of patients ( Resuscitation Council UK 2011 ). Teamwork requires a set of skills and behaviours that, once learned by clinicians, can save lives ( Peter and Pronovost 2013 ). This article refers to a case study to explore the topic of teamwork in a tertiary care emergency setting.
authors.affiliation: Conquest Hospital, Hastings, East Sussex.
authors.forename: Curtis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meier
keywords: Co-operative behaviour; emergency medical services; episode of care; out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; patient safety; resuscitation