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Table 1 Proportion of individual task completion with and without CERTAIN prompting

From: Prompting with electronic checklist improves clinician performance in medical emergencies: a high-fidelity simulation study

Item

Without CERTAIN (N = 13)

With CERTAIN (N = 18)

P value

Code status discussion

7 (39%)

12 (67%)

0.09

Airway assessment

10 (56%)

18 (100%)

*< 0.01

Breathing assessment

18 (100%)

18 (100%)

0.99

Cardiac assessment

18 (100%)

18 (100%)

0.99

Disability assessment

14 (78%)

13 (72%)

0.50

Exposure assessment

9 (50%)

15 (83%)

0.05

Evaluation of vital sign

18 (100%)

18 (100%)

0.09

Evaluation of temperature

10 (56%)

13 (72%)

0.23

Review of past medical history

12 (67%)

12 (67%)

0.62

Review of home medication

7 (39%)

11 (61%)

0.14

Review of allergies

8 (44%)

16 (89%)

*< 0.01

Order initial basic lab test

17 (94%)

18 (100%)

0.50

Start oxygen supplementation

18 (100%)

18 (100%)

0.99

Review of differential diagnosis

14 (78%)

15 (83%)

0.50

Total omissions (mean ± SD)

13 ± 4.3 (71%)

15 ± 2.7 (85%)

*0.01

  1. *Statstically signficant p-value