Table 1: Study population.
Name | Age | Specialty or area | Type of error | Workload |
P1 | 39 | Cardiology | Intubation requested by the physician that the team failed to perform. | 80 |
P2 | 47 | Internal medicine | The patient developed a hematoma in the airways, which was belatedly discovered by the team. | 45 |
P3 | 38 | Internal medicine | The attending physician indicated treatment, and the patient died in the ICU. | 50 |
P4 | 47 | Internal medicine | The patient went into cardiac arrest during the intubation procedure. | 60 |
P5 | 36 | Anesthesiology | Patient with compromised airways went into cardiac arrest during intubation. | 45 |
P6 | 49 | Orthopedics | The prosthesis was incorrectly placed, and the procedure had to be done all over again. | 30 |
P7 | 41 | Surgery | An artery was damaged during a procedure, which compromised the circulation of blood and lead to amputation. | 60 |
P8 | 52 | Urology | The surgeon in charge responded for the team’s anesthesiologist, who gave the patient the wrong medication. | 60 |
P9 | 47 | Surgery | Organ transplant with the donor having an incompatible blood type. | 50 |
P10 | 61 | Anesthesiology | Cardiac arrest at the beginning of the surgery, as a consequence of a failure to properly follow the protocols. | 50 |