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Spot The Mistakes!

This video presents a very chaotic example of packaging a patient. In the rest of the chapter, we will see how this process can be done more safely.

Watch this video of a transfer team simulating a chaotic packaging sequence. Consider what areas could have been improved before reading on.

We’re sure you have spotted a whole load of mistakes in the video.

In the comments section below we invite you to:
1. Solutiongive us your way of improving the mistake listed in the most recent comment.
2. Mistakethen list a different mistake you’ve seen in the video for the next commenter to improve on!

After you have commented, take a look at the long list of mistakes that we saw. Did we miss any?

In the following steps, we’ll see how to package patients in a much safer and more efficient manner!

Please note: this video is a simulation and does not depict a real-life clinical event. The clinical details used in the simulation are invented and do not describe real patients. Everyone featured has kindly given their permission for the video to be used.

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