Use I-PASS to transfer risk, action, and contingency during a handoff.
Live moment A handoff transfers responsibility, so the receiver must leave with severity, action, contingency, and a chance to synthesize. The point is to make the next safest action obvious. Framework I-PASS handoff Make handoff contingencies explicit, then ask for receiver synthesis. Shortcut Assume the other person sees what you see. Shared next step Structure reduces ambiguity when stress rises. Severity Step 1 You begin the handoff. How do you classify the patient? Action Step 2 A lab is pending. What action list is safest?
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