T = life or limb Threat | W = Wrong? |
(What are the life or limb threatening conditions in this patient?) | (What if I am wrong? What else could it be?) |
This quadrant encapsulates the rule-out-worse-case scenarios (ROWS) heuristics as a form of cognitive forcing strategy as well as to de-bias anchoring and triage cueing | To de-bias search satisficing, anchoring, confirmation, availability biases, etc |
E = Evidences | D = Dispositional factors |
(Do I have sufficient evidences for or exclude this diagnose?) | (What are the Environmental & Emotional (2Es) dispositions influencingmy decision?) |
To de-bias anchoring, confirmation bias, blind spot, myside bias, ego bias, etc | These dispositional factors that may affect our decision making. Examples: Environmental – chaotic, busy working place, Emotional – sleepiness, tiredness, anger |