The Instructor Shortage Is a Gift

I know that headline will bother some people. The healthcare system faces a documented, growing shortage of instructors. There are fewer qualified trainers, compressed schedules, and staff pulled in too many directions. The training infrastructure was straining before the workforce crisis made things worse. The typical response is to treat this as an emergency—scramble for… Continue reading The Instructor Shortage Is a Gift

BLSXR vs. Manikin: What the Research Says

I spent twenty-six years as a cardiac surgeon. I have been in operating rooms and ICUs more times than I can count when someone was doing CPR on a patient. And I can tell you — the thought was not occasional, it was not situational. It was constant. Every time. All the time. There is… Continue reading BLSXR vs. Manikin: What the Research Says

The $2.4 Million Question: What Incompetency Actually Costs

I have been a cardiac surgeon for more than twenty-five years.