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jjk166today at 2:46 AM0 repliesview on HN

> ICU is obviously important in a different way. You can't really "experiment". Iteration needs data. So you need to go out and learn what good looks like from different disciplines, and then carefully plan the changes you want to make and get buy-in.

I would think test runs with simulated patients offer plenty of opportunity to experiment.

> Get it wrong, and people die. Best case scenario you're struck off, worst case you're going to prison for murder.

Get it right and people may still die. The whole reason for the improvement effort is that the current practice is excessively risky. No one is getting fired, nonetheless going to prison for trying a sensible improvement to reduce the odds of a child dying which they were approved to attempt.