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March 06, 2006 Volume 15 No. 5

Training the Team
Talk Is Cheap — But Vital In Keeping Patients Safe

Can you believe that an airplane co-pilot was so afraid to speak up to the captain about the fuel running low that the plane crashed?

Or that a scrub nurse in an operating room noticed that the anesthesia provider was putting a regional anesthesia block on the wrong side of a patient but couldn’t find the words to tell the provider to stop? Even the patient noticed the error but thought the medical staff knew best so remained...

	New Dual Degree Combines Medicine, Info/Library Science Earning a degree in medicine is an arduous task. Though television dramas often depict medical...
	A Closer Look at Cost of Health Care The cost of health care at Duke and other employers across the country has risen steadily during...
	Staying Safe Those tall yellow poles topped with blue strobe lights can be used for more than just serious...
	ResearchRoundup For more information on medical news and research from Duke, go to the Medical Center News Office Web site at www.dukemednews.org. by Richard Merritt In a surprising finding, patients with coronary artery disease who take...
	Educational Website Provides Learning Tool for Cancer Patients Health Tips from Duke The providers at the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke know that learning about...