Blog - Amazing and awesome ‘hot’ debriefs for critical incidents (3 August 2017)

Summary

In this blog for medical education website Intensive, Chris Nickson shares advice on running a 'hot debrief' after a critical incident. A hot debrief is a short conversation that allows staff involved in an incident to gather as a team and share their perspectives and concerns, as well as coming up with ways to prevent similar incidents happening again. This blog details practical methods for planning, facilitating and concluding a hot debrief and provides resources for further reading.