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Table 3 Classification of utterances occurring during the first 3 min after the onset of cardiac arrest

From: Hands-on time during cardiopulmonary resuscitation is affected by the process of teambuilding: a prospective randomised simulator-based trial

  

All

General practitioners

Hospital physicians

All utterances

Preformed (n = 49)

43.8 (10.9)

44.6 (12.2)

43.0 (9.6)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

42.6 (11.5)

44.4 (9.8)

40.9 (13.0)

Leadership utterances

Preformed (n = 49)

19.8 (5.7)

19.0 (5.7)

20.5 (5.6)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

13.9 (4.7)*

13.1 (4.9)*

14.6 (4.5)*

Direction/command

Preformed (n = 49)

6.8 (3.4)

6.7 (3.0)

6.9 (3.9)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

3.8 (2.4)*

3.8 (2.6)*

3.7 (2.2)*

Decision what

Preformed (n = 49)

7.2 (2.3)

7.0 (2.3)

7.4 (2.2)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

6.6 (2.4)

5.9 (2.4)

7.3 (2.4)

Decision how

Preformed (n = 49)

4.0 (2.2)

3.7 (2.6)

4.3 (1.7)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

2.8 (1.7)*

2.5 (1.9)

3.0 (1.6)

Task assignment

Preformed (n = 49)

1.7 (1.5)

1.6 (1.6)

1.8 (1.3)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

0.7 (0.8)*

0.9 (0.8)

0.6 (0.8)*

Reflection

Preformed (n = 49)

5.4 (3.7)

6.6 (4.1)

4.1 (2.7)§

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

7.5 (3.8)*

7.7 (3.9)

7.3 (3.7)*

Other utterances

Preformed (n = 49)

17.4 (6.4)

18.0 (6.9)

16.8 (6.1)

 

Ad-hoc (n = 50)

20.7 (8.5)

22.8 (7.5)

18.6 (8.9)

  1. Means (SD); * = p < 0.01 vs. preformed teams; † = p < 0.05 vs. preformed teams; § = P < 0.05 vs. general practitioner in same scenario