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Table 3 Trained Skills Assessment

From: Protocol: simulation training to improve 9-1-1 dispatcher identification of cardiac arrest

Training Point Measurement

Result (yes/no/NA)

Does not get distracted by label at any point in the call

 

Asks consciousness according to protocol script (Conscious/awake)

 

Follows-up on first consciousness answer appropriately

 

Closes consciousness inquiry after at most two unclear answers

 

Asks breathing according to protocol script (breathing normally)

 

Follows-up on first breathing answer appropriately

 

Closes the breathing inquiry after at most two “not normal” breathing answers

 

Transitions to appropriate pre-arrival instructions (T-CPR) promptly