Professionalism

Question 1

Understand the use of Early Warning Scores (EWS)

Answer 1

Guide used by medical services to quickly determine the degree of illness of a patient
Four physiological readings - systolic blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, body temperature
One observation - level of consciousness

Question 2

Understand the concept of root cause analysis

Answer 2

Method of problem solving used for identifying the root causes of faults or problems e.g. five whys, cause and effect diagrams, brainstorming

Question 3

Understand the Duty of Candour

Answer 3

Be open and transparent 
Import appropriate people about the incident
Provide reasonable support
Provide truthful information
Apologise when things go wrong

Question 4

Describe the WHO checklist

Answer 4

Surgery safety checklist:
Sign in - before induction of anaesthesia
Time out - before skin incision
Sign out - before petite to leaves operating room