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. 2017 Jun 8;19(6):e203. doi: 10.2196/jmir.7840

Table 1.

Situations represented in the videos included in the demonstrative intervention packet.

Element covered Situation Number of videos
Patient information; crisis communication A group of patients is to be vaccinated without receiving warning that an electrical power outage occurred the night before, which broke the vaccination cold chain (system failure). 2
Information for the patient and the patient’s family Surgical material is left inside a patient that requires reintervention to extract the forgotten object. 2
Support for the second victim; information for the family of a deceased patient (the person disclosing the information is a professional other than the one involved in the event) A patient whose condition is severe dies after presenting postintubation laryngeal stenosis. The physician attending the patient exhibits emotional affection after committing an omission mistake during the patient’s resuscitation. 2
Role of peers and supervisors in supporting the second victim; notification of incidents without harm A nurse is emotionally affected after committing a route of administration error for a medicine that did not result in serious consequences for the patient. 4
Role of managers in supporting the second victim A physician becomes a second victim after committing a diagnosis error with serious implications for the patient’s health. After identifying the error and having a substitute professional inform the patient, the patient files a complaint. 2
Preventive measures after an error deriving from a system failure A nurse mistakenly administers to a patient a nonindicated medication due to incorrect storage of said drug. 3