TOPIC: Critical Care TYPE: Original Investigations PURPOSE: The American Heart Association guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care have recommended that rapid responses cardiac arrests be debriefed. A "hot" structured debrief immediately after the event is one strategy which maximizes participation from team. METHODS: Using MIDAS+ occurrence reporting soft...

BACKGROUND Psychological reactions to terror attacks have been documented as ranging from no symptoms to transient behavioural symptoms to more serious posttraumatic stress. SOURCES OF DATA A review of representative studies is presented, with a critical analysis of the salient points of the various psychological intervention strategies for terrorist attacks. AREAS OF AGREEMENT Common aspec...

PURPOSE The overactive bladder symptom score (OABSS) consists of 4 questions regarding OAB symptoms. The aim of this study was to develop Korean version of the OABSS from the original Japanese version, with subsequent linguistic validation. METHODS Between February and May 2008, the translation and linguistic validation process was performed as follows: a forward translation, reconciliation, ...

BACKGROUND The acceptability of simulated death has been debated by experts, but there is scarce information regarding trainees' perspective. METHODS Trainees in a large pediatric program were invited to perform mock codes, including pre and post questionnaires. Participants were exposed to 2 mock codes of neonates born pulseless. In the RESUSC scenario, the manikin responded to adequate resu...

RESUMO Objetivo: Compreender o significado do processo de debriefing realizado nas atividades simulação clínica em um curso enfermagem, a partir da Teoria Aprendizagem Experiencial Kolb. Método: Qualitativo tipo estudo caso, num enfermagem uma Universidade Sul Brasil, março junho 2018. Para coleta dados, utilizou-se pesquisa documental, entrevista baseada no Instrumento Estilo Kolb, com 29 part...