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RESUSCITATION PLUS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100152
Keywords
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Checklists Crisis management Information technology Medical emergency team Simulation
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- Vogel Stiftung Dr. Eckernkamp
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The study evaluated a tablet-based cognitive aid for performing guideline-conforming cardiopulmonary resuscitation in simulated scenarios, finding that the aid improved team performance and reduced mental workload among well-trained emergency teams in hospital settings.
Aim: Cardiac arrests require fast, well-timed, and well-coordinated interventions delivered by several sta members. We evaluated a cognitive aid that works as an attentional aid to support specifically the timing and coordination of these interventions. We report the results of an experimental, simulation-based evaluation of the tablet-based cognitive aid in performing guideline-conforming cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Methods: In a parallel group design, emergency teams (one qualified emergency physician as team leader and one qualified nurse) were randomly assigned to the cognitive aid application (CA App) group or the no application (No App) group and then participated in a simulated scenario of a cardiac arrest. The primary outcome was a cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance score ranging from zero to two for each team based on the videotaped scenarios in relation to twelve performance variables derived from the European Resuscitation Guidelines. As a secondary outcome, we measured the participants' subjective workload. Results: A total of 67 teams participated. The CA App group (n = 32 teams) showed significantly better cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance than the No App group (n = 31 teams; mean dierence = 0.23, 95 %CI = 0.08 to 0.38, p = 0.002, d = 0.83). The CA App group team leaders indicated significantly less mental and physical demand and less eort to achieve their performance compared to the No App group team leaders. Conclusions: Among well-trained in-hospital emergency teams, the cognitive aid could improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation coordination performance and decrease mental workload.
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