Comments on 'Clinical decision making: An emergency medicine perspective' [1] (multiple letters) (original) (raw)

The paper discusses enhanced decision-making models for emergency physicians, expanding on the work of Kovacs and Croskerry, who address decision-making under explicit recognition of the need for it. It introduces a broader context of human cognitive performance applicable to emergency medicine, differentiating between attentional and schematic control modes. The author proposes an additional naturalistic decision-making model that better suits the unpredictable environment of the emergency department, emphasizing a quick, iterative approach to decision-making in high-pressure situations.