Table 3 Characteristics of 12 observed live resuscitations
From: Team communication patterns in emergency resuscitation: a mixed methods qualitative analysis
Type of case | Number of resuscitation cases | Patient age (median, range) | Patient sex, male (n) | Number of ED resuscitation team members (median, range) | Duration (min) of observed resuscitation (median, range) | Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Death | ICU/CCU* | OR**/cardiac catheterization | Ward | ||||||
Cardiac arrest | 5 | 73, 56–84 | 5 | 10.0, 7–14 | 17, 6–32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Trauma | 3 | 36, 18–68 | 2 | 12.0, 11–13 | 13, 13–32 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Sepsis | 2 | 86, 78–93 | 1 | 8.5, 7–10 | 52.5, 47–58 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Status epilepticus | 1 | 42, – | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Respiratory failure | 1 | 54, – | 1 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |