'Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Surgeon speaking': Exploring the Human Factor in Aviation and Surgery

By Geoff Hay

This book explores the parallels between the aircraft flight deck and the surgical operating theatre, examining, through past aviation accidents and incidents, whether medicine and surgery could benefit from the lessons learnt in aviation.

It looks at modern day pilot training, particularly in the area of 'Human Factors' or the sci

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publicious Book Publishing
• Release date: Mar 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9780648515418

Geoff Hay

Geoff Hay is an International Airline Captain with over 30 years of flying experience, the last 20 years being in Flight Training. He utilises this expertise along with a previous career in Operating theatre and Intensive Care Nursing, to examine the similarities between the Flight Deck and the Operating Theatre. This book explores whether surgery can benefit from lessons learnt in aviation, by examining major aircraft accidents from the past few decades and the role of the 'Human Factor' in those events.

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