The term “get-home-itis” is used by pilots to describe a common cause of accidents, where a pilot circumvents safety procedures, good practice, sound decision making, good sense in order to get home. This boils down to a form of human error in which it suddenly seems OK to accept unacceptable risk, often in the pursuit of ultimate safety, in order to get back on the ground.
Love your writing on human factors - a topic I became very passionate about during my medical training. If you haven't heard of it already, you might be interested in the Elaine Bromiley case study. A totally avoidable incident in which numerous forms of human factors tragically resulted in her death during routine perioperative anaesthesia. Her husband, Martin Bromiley, was a pilot , and recognised that medicine suffers from a total lack of training and checks for human factors.
Unfortunately, despite an abundance of studies that confirmed Mr Bromiley's observations, it continues to be a blindingly obvious problem within medicine. I think many of the issues demonstrated in that case, such as becoming hyper-focused on one task, feeling unable to question and discuss courses of action with seniors, are directly applicable to climbing and mountaineering. If you're interested in researching it:
Google 'Elaine Bromiley 2005' and the first result should be Martin's essay on the case
https://vimeo.com/103516601 - This recreation video was produced primarily for clinicians, but I think is worth a watch for any interested in the case
Love your writing on human factors - a topic I became very passionate about during my medical training. If you haven't heard of it already, you might be interested in the Elaine Bromiley case study. A totally avoidable incident in which numerous forms of human factors tragically resulted in her death during routine perioperative anaesthesia. Her husband, Martin Bromiley, was a pilot , and recognised that medicine suffers from a total lack of training and checks for human factors.
Unfortunately, despite an abundance of studies that confirmed Mr Bromiley's observations, it continues to be a blindingly obvious problem within medicine. I think many of the issues demonstrated in that case, such as becoming hyper-focused on one task, feeling unable to question and discuss courses of action with seniors, are directly applicable to climbing and mountaineering. If you're interested in researching it:
Google 'Elaine Bromiley 2005' and the first result should be Martin's essay on the case
https://vimeo.com/103516601 - This recreation video was produced primarily for clinicians, but I think is worth a watch for any interested in the case