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.
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