A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Evaluation of mountain rescuers’ (non-)technical skills during simulated resuscitation




AuthorsHanus Stefan A., Jossberger Helen, Gruber Hans

PublisherElsevier Ltd

Publication year2022

JournalStudies in Educational Evaluation

Journal name in sourceStudies in Educational Evaluation

Article number101122

Volume72

ISSN0191-491X

eISSN1879-2529

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101122

Web address https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2021.101122


Abstract

Mountain rescuers work voluntarily but must provide high-quality cardiopulmonary resuscitations (CPR). As demands for their services rise, the factors influencing CPR skills are investigated. Research has shown that technical skills (TS), non-technical skills (NTS), experience, experienced patient deaths, and monitoring impact resuscitation performance. This study explores the influence of these factors for this kind of voluntary medical personnel. A total of 103 mountain rescuers participated. A specially created NTS observation form, questionnaires and simulation manikin were used to measure NTS, TS, experience, and monitoring skills. Results indicate that NTS and TS did not correlate significantly. Only the number of real resuscitations differed significantly between the TS of experienced and inexperienced mountain rescuers. Experienced patient deaths were not significantly related to CPR performance. Furthermore, mountain rescuers could not fully correctly assess their colleagues during simulation. The study shows that previous research results might not hold true in a different medical domain.



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