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Table 1 Results of 5 prehospital emergency teams consisting of one emergency physician and two paramedics

From: A tool for immediate and automated assessment of resuscitation skills for a full-scale simulator

Parameter

Team 1

Team 2

Team 3

Team 4

Team 5

Mean ± SD

 

1

2

3

4

5

 

median cardiac output (l * min-1)

1.2

1.5

1.4

1.8

1.5

1.5 ± 0.2

no-flow-time fraction

0.21

0.24

0.44

0.13

0.30

0.26 ± 0.10

time until ROSC (min:sec)

18:09

12:08

07:43

12:41

08:52

11:53 ± 03:39

time until first administration of epinephrine (min:sec)

08:56

06:40

05:05

10:10

07:35

07:39 ± 01:52

time until first defibrillation (min:sec)

03:01

00:07

01:44

01:40

01:47

01:38 ± 00:58

indicated defibrillations (n)

5

6

3

5

4

4.6 ± 1.0

non-indicated defibrillations (n)

0

0

0

0

0

0

mean deviation of defibrillation interval from the 2 minutes interval (min:sec)

01:47

00:26

01:08

00:43

00:24

00:54 ± 00:31

mean interval of defibrillations (min:sec)

03:47

02:24

03:06

02:43

02:22

02:52 ± 00:32

overall ventilations before intubation (n)

20

6

10

4

13

10.6

mean frequency of ventilations before intubation (n * min-1)

1.1

0.5

1.3

0.3

1.5

0.9 ± 0.5

  1. The initial rhythm was ventricular fibrillations in all scenarios (SD = standard deviation).