Resuscitation debriefing for nurses at the Accident and Emergency Unit of St Dominique’s Hospital in East London (South Africa)

Method In a qualitative study, nurses working in an accident and emergency unit were asked to participate in an interview on the last resuscitation effort that they either participated in or performed themselves. The debriefing that followed this last resuscitation effort was used to explore the quality of the debriefing that the nurses received. With random sampling on the days of the interviews based on availability, the interviewer asked 12 nurses to participate. The interview was conducted by a trained professional nurse, who followed a semi-structured questionnaire with both open and closed questions.