Table 4. Correct percentages of pre- versus postcourse clinical checklist scores of all observed cases.
| Question | Precourse (n=157), n (%) | Post course (n=161), n (%) | Change, % | P value |
| Is a primary survey/secondary survey undertaken? | 2 (1.3) | 161 (100) | 98.7 | <.001 |
| Was the cervical spine stabilized (manual/collar)? | 11 (7) | 160 (99.4) | 92.4 | <.001 |
| Was oxygen administered/a pulse oximeter probe attached? | 111 (70.7) | 161 (100) | 29.3 | <.001 |
| Was the airway assessed? (breathing or not, chest moving or not, obstructed sounds or not)? | 131 (83.4) | 161 (100) | 16.6 | <.001 |
| Was the breathing clinically assessed by looking (breath count), feeling (palpation of trachea, percussion of chest), and listening (auscultation)? | 123 (78.3) | 161 (100) | 21.7 | <.001 |
| Was the circulation assessed by measurement of heart rate and blood pressure? Was there an assessment of the quality of the pulse, capillary return, and temperature of the peripheries? | 140 (89.2) | 161 (100) | 10.8 | <.001 |
| Was blood taken for cross match and hemoglobin/hematocrit analysis? Was an intravenous infusion started? | 144 (91.7) | 161 (100) | 8.3 | <.001 |
| Was an AVPU/GCSa neurological assessment of disability done? | 89 (56.7) | 160 (99.4) | 42.7 | <.001 |
| Was the patient fully exposed and assessed for other injuries? | 3 (1.9) | 117 (72.7) | 70.8 | <.001 |
| Was a log roll performed to evaluate the full length of the spine? | 2 (1.3) | 30 (18.6) | 17.3 | <.001 |
| After any intervention (eg, insertion of an endotracheal tube, treatment of pneumothorax, rapid infusion of fluids) was the ABCb reassessed? | 15 (9.6) | 90 (55.9) | 46.3 | <.001 |
a
AVPU/GCS: Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive/Glasgow Coma Scale.
b
ABC: airway, breathing, circulation.