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Checklist Creep Adds Complexity
The proliferation of checklists is yielding detail saturation and skill deterioration due to dependency, say some users.
Flight Paramedic Dave Weber of Intermountain Life Flight in Salt Lake City, Utah discussed checklist use in the aviation and medical communities.
Flight Paramedic Dave Weber of Intermountain Life Flight in Salt Lake City, Utah discussed checklist use in the aviation and medical communities.

The aviation and medical communities have reached a “critical threshold” with checklists, according to Flight Paramedic Dave Weber of Intermountain Life Flight in Salt Lake City, Utah. During the most recent Air Medical Transportation Conference (AMTC), Weber discussed checklist use in both professions, focusing on problems such as detail saturation, problem mismatch, and skill deterioration due to checklist dependency.


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