Marye Albritton Selected!

I am so proud of my little sister Marye!
Marye, as you know is an RN.
I recently found that she has been selected as a Crew Resource Manager for a program her hospital is instituting called "LifeWings." Here are the issues: recent studies show that going into a hospital is more dangerous than commercial aviation. 98,000 people each year die due to hospital errors. The United States rates right at the bottom of the western world in this type of error. The purpose of Life Wings is to reduce those errors. They do it by the same type of team training, cross checking, and awareness of circumstances used by astronauts, pilots etc. In fact, the company was founded (1999) by a US Navy Top Gun pilot and a commercial pilot for FedEx. A partner is Rhea Seddon, MD, who flew on three shuttle missions.
From what I can tell, Marye has her work cut out for her; I imagine the interpersonal skills involved in this must be challenging. I am sure Marye's patient, sweet , and non-judgemental approach to people will carry the day for her! Let's all wish her well.
I get more enthusiastic about this the more I read about it. (Our family doctor said everyone's objective should be to stay OUT of the hospital!)
A typical improvement I have read about is to cut surgery errors doen from 1 every 60 days to 1 every 619 days-a 90% reduction!
Just imagine this-if a doctor did a heroic measure on someone and they made a miraculous recovery, he/she would be a hero. But the lives, even if only one, which may be saved in Marye's hospital are every bit as important and she will have a direct connection to delivering that training. The difference is that no one will know about the accidents that never happened because of the LifeWings training. She has a big responsibility.
You can google "LifeWings" and find lots of good information about this fine program. I merrily plagiarized all that I've stated here from that resource.
Love to All,
Mike Moore