This is a prospective randomized controlled study. The aim of this study is to 1. describe the stress patterns experienced during a CPR situation; 2. investigate whether the perceived stress was associated with CPR performance in terms of hands-on time and time to start CPR; 3. to investigate whether this task focusing strategy reduces perceived stress levels, and 4. whether this translates into better CPR performance. Based on findings that clear, directive leadership can enhance performance in cardiac resuscitation, we further 5) investigate if stress was associated with fewer leadership statements.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
124
instructions about focusing on relevant task elements by posing two task-focusing questions ("what is the patient's condition?", "what immediate action is needed?") when feeling overwhelmed by stress (intervention-group)
University Hospital Basel
Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland
perceived levels of stress and feeling overwhelmed (stress/overload)
This is a simulator study and the study starts after students entered the simulator and the manikin has a cardiac arrest. The scenarios usually last for not more than 5-10 min at which time point the study is finished
Time frame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
hands-on time
This is a simulator study and the study starts after students entered the simulator and the manikin has a cardiac arrest. The scenarios usually last for not more than 5-10 min at which time point the study is finished
Time frame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
time to start CPR
Time frame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
Number of leadership statements
Time frame: time from start of CPR until scenario is finished (usually 5-10min)
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