Task-Based Organization: What ER Carts Teach Home Workshops
A listener's email about a $30 small-parts box sent us down a research rabbit hole into emergency medicine. Task-based package organization (TPO) groups supplies by what they're for, not what they are — and neonatal resuscitation studies show dramatic retrieval-time wins. But a 2024 Vienna paramedic simulation found no overall benefit, and the old familiar kit beat the redesigned one. We dig into bedside supply carts, code cart redesigns at Cincinnati Children's, the 94% missed-item rate during intubation prep, and what home workshop organizers can actually steal from clinical practice…
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