Basic concepts for crew resource management and non-technical skills. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flin, Rhona; Maran, Nikki
• Is Part Of: Best practice & research. Volume 29:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 27
• Page End: 39
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: non-technical skills -- training -- assessment; ANTS Anaesthetists' non-technical skills -- ANTS-AP Anaesthetic Non-Technical Skills for Anaesthetic Practitioners -- NOTECHS Non-Technical Skills (for airline pilots) -- NOTSS Non-Technical Skills for Surgeons -- SPLINTS Scrub Practitioners' List of Intra-operative Non-Technical Skills; Anesthesiology -- Periodicals; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; Anesthesia -- Periodicals; Anesthetics -- Periodicals; Anesthesia; Anesthesiology; Periodicals; 617.9605
• DOI: 10.1016/j.bpa.2015.02.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1521-6869

Abstract

Abstract : In this paper, we explain the conceptual background to non-technical skills and show how they can influence job performance in anaesthesia. We then describe the taxonomy of anaesthetists' non-technical skills (ANTS) and related systems, such as ANTS-AP for anaesthetic practitioners. We discuss the training courses that have been designed to teach these non-technical skills, which are called crew resource management (CRM), crisis resource management (CRM) or crisis avoidance resource management (CARMA). Finally, we discuss the application of non-technical skills assessment systems.