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From the Ted Talk by Atul Gawande: Want to get great at something? Get a coach

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In this one disturbing _____ for me is a picture that brings home just how dire the situation is. This is a baby 10 minutes after _____, and he's _____, but only just. No clean cloth, has not been dried, not warming skin to skin, an unsterile _____ across the cord. He's an infection waiting to happen, and he's losing his temperature by the minute. Successful child delivery ________ a successful team of people. A whole team has to be skilled and coordinated; the nurses who do the deliveries in a _____ like this, the doctor who _____ them up, the ______ clerk who's responsible for 22 ________ drugs and supplies being in stock and at the bedside, the medical officer in charge, responsible for the quality of the whole facility. The thing is they are all experienced professionals. I didn't meet anybody who hadn't been part of thousands of deliveries. But against the ____________ that they face, they seem to be at their limits. They were not getting better anymore. It's how good you're going to be that really matters.

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Original Text

In this one disturbing image for me is a picture that brings home just how dire the situation is. This is a baby 10 minutes after birth, and he's alive, but only just. No clean cloth, has not been dried, not warming skin to skin, an unsterile clamp across the cord. He's an infection waiting to happen, and he's losing his temperature by the minute. Successful child delivery requires a successful team of people. A whole team has to be skilled and coordinated; the nurses who do the deliveries in a place like this, the doctor who backs them up, the supply clerk who's responsible for 22 critical drugs and supplies being in stock and at the bedside, the medical officer in charge, responsible for the quality of the whole facility. The thing is they are all experienced professionals. I didn't meet anybody who hadn't been part of thousands of deliveries. But against the complexities that they face, they seem to be at their limits. They were not getting better anymore. It's how good you're going to be that really matters.

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