What is SBAR?
SBAR - Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation
SBAR is an easy to remember mechanism that you can use to frame
conversations, especially critical ones, requiring a clinician’s immediate
attention and action. It enables you to clarify what information should be
communicated between members of the team, and how. It can also help you to
develop teamwork and foster a culture of patient safety.
Utilised extensively in medicine, and originating from the nuclear submarine
service, SBAR stands for:
S – Situation: What is happening at the present time?
B – Background: What are the circumstances leading up to this situation?
A – Assessment: What do I think the problem is?
R – Recommendation: What should we do to correct the problem?