Publications by authors named "Esther Leon-Castelao"
Background: Healthcare systems must adapt iteratively in response to external and local challenges while keeping patients and staff safe. Clinical debriefing is a cost-effective contributor to safety culture, facilitating learning and team adaptations that lead to improved processes, patient outcomes, and staff resilience. In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, an interest has emerged in adopting TALK© to guide clinical debriefing to promote safety, mutual support, and cultural change within healthcare teams in Latin American contexts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Debriefing in operating theatre environments leads to benefits in mortality, efficiency, productivity, and safety culture; however, it is still not regularly performed. TALK© is a simple and widely applicable team self-debriefing method to collaboratively learn and improve.
Methods: An interventional study introducing TALK© for voluntary clinical debriefing was carried out in operating theatre environments in a UK National Health Service hospital over 18 months.
Article Synopsis
- The text discusses the importance of preventing cardiac arrests in hospitals and highlights the implementation of Rapid Response Systems (RRS) as a strategy to address this issue, noting a lack of research specifically in Spain.
- A nationwide survey was conducted with 62 healthcare professionals in Spain, revealing that while many institutions have Rapid Response Teams (RRT), only a small percentage activate them early despite having the necessary equipment and training.
- Findings indicate variability in training and monitoring practices related to RRT and suggest the need for improved communication and quality indicators to enhance emergency response efforts in Spanish hospitals.
Background: Clinical debriefing (CD) improves patient safety and builds team resilience.
Purpose: We describe the current use of CD by multiprofessional Spanish cardiology team members.
Methods: A self-administered survey exploring 31 items was disseminated online in October 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent pressures on healthcare staff and resources have exacerbated the need for clinical teams to reflect and learn from workplace experiences. Surges in critically ill patients, the impact of the disease on the workforce and long term adjustments in work and life have upturned our normality. Whilst this situation has generated a new 'connectedness' within healthcare workers, it also continues to test our resilience.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in schools, despite being legislated in Spain, is not established as such within the subjects that children are taught in schools.
Objective: to evaluate the acquisition of CPR skills by 11-year-old children after a brief theoretical-practical teaching programme taught by nurses at school.
Methods: 62 students were assessed in a quasi-experimental study on 2 cohorts (51.
Background: The world is facing a massive burden from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Governments took the extraordinary step of locking down their own countries to curb the spread of the coronavirus. After weeks of severe restrictions, countries have begun to relax their strict lockdown measures.
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