Hello averow.
Unfortunately, all too often the attention paid to sincere questions is directly proportional to the standing of the questioner.
To the extent that this is not so, your post is compelling. Surgery especially has a relationship to your sentiments; for a long standing aviation protocol has been given some attention in the last few years. Briefly, the Operating room is starting to be understood as a sort of flight deck, where decisions and actions are critical, and time sensitive, to put it mildly. Two concepts are assigned a new perspective: CRM, and Lists.
Cockpit Resource Management, and the checklist. Perhaps a PM, I was recently deleted for mentioning an object that I assume is available at some price.