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SVMIC Anesthesiology: Common Risk Issues
dispose of the trash).
5. Contact the care facility’s administrator and risk manager
(possibly also the practitioner’s insurance company and
attorney if indicated).
6. Arrange immediate comfort and support for patient and/
or family. Share as much information as possible keeping
in mind the administrative, risk management, and potential
medical-legal implications.
7. Designate a Follow-up Supervisor (who may or may not be
the same as Incident Supervisor) who will:
• Verify that the elements of this protocol have been
applied.
• Consider whether to organize a group debriefing (e.g.,
the day of the event or the following day) involving
all those present during the event and function as
scribe if indicated (note that there may be medical-
legal implications of this and appropriate advice of
counsel may be indicated). [Suggested protocols
for such a debriefing exist in the literature involving
the transportation, infrastructure, and technology
industries; relevant medical examples are cited in
the protocol’s original journal article (referenced in a
following section).]
• Maintain ongoing communications with all involved
caregivers and patient representatives, coordinating
and facilitating as much integration as possible.
• Pursue the accident investigation in conjunction with
involved quality assurance and risk management
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