Summary by: Anne Creaton
Providing a service to the critically ill depends on a number of essential building blocks: Trained staff, diagnostics, equipment, drugs, guidelines and processes. Compromise one element and maintaining quality of care becomes precarious. Jenga is a game of physical and mental skill. Using real cases see how removing one block at a time may see even the seasoned clinician struggle to perform well. Welcome to Fiji Critical Care Jenga.
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