"The trend is not surprising given the similarities between
health care and aviation. Both involve hours of boredom punctuated
by moments of sheer terror."
Source: Dr. David M. Gaba, a dean at the
Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, CA, commenting
on a growing industry of pilots and aviation experts consulting
with hospitals and surgical centers, to apply the same crew
resource management (CRM) techniques used in aviation safety to the
operating room.