Using Team Resource Management and Situational Simulation to Improve the Resuscitation Performance Completion Rate

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is an important issue in patient safety. After investigation, we identified the causes of the low rate of resuscitation completion in our emergency department as: incomplete utilization of available first-aid equipment, lack of standards related to task allocation, unclear moving line and instrument placement, lack of teamwork, and poor resuscitation-related communications during the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aimed to improve the resuscitation performance completion rate. The project included designing equipment reminder cards and an airway car, designating specific responsibilities for each team member, establishing standard layouts and traffic flows, and providing situational simulation and team resource management training. After the intervention, the resuscitation performance completion rate had risen to 91.6% from the pre-intervention rate of 69.1%. This has since further risen to a relatively constant completion rate of 98.1%. The implementation of the team resource management and situational simulation training intervention in our ED improved both the resuscitation completion rate and the rate of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC).