Alcohol and Error

Question 1

How do you calculate units?

Answer 1

% ABV * vol (mL)/1000

Question 2

What are the maximum daily units for men and women? What are the units drunk in one sitting to constitute a binge in men and women?

Answer 2

Limit - 14/week for both.

Binge - 6 for women, 8 for men.

Question 3

How many grams is one unit of alcohol/

Answer 3

8g

Question 4

List and define the 8 types of error

Answer 4

• Sloth: documentation error (someone being ‘lazy.’)
• Fixation: early unshakable focus on a diagnosis leading to missing something.
• Playing the odds: choosing the common and dismissing a rare event, so missing something.
• Bravado: working beyond your competence.
• System error: system designs leading to failed safeguards.
• Mis-traige: over/underestimating the seriousness of a situation: incorrect prioritisation.
• Lack of skill.
• Poor teamworking.

Question 5

Describe the 3 bucket model

Answer 5

Self, context, task. If all 3 are ‘full’, will lead to error.