Table 4.

Situations as starting points to be used in simulation during the EM residency

Situation as starting point	Rating Mean (standard deviation)	Round
1. Severe trauma	3.87 (0.62)	1
2. Shock / Hypotension	3.84 (0.41)	2
3. Acute respiratory failure	3.79 (0.44)	1
4. Acute haemorrhage	3.77 (0.46)	1
5. Altered level of consciousness / Coma	3.74 (0.55)	1
6. Apparent death (including cardiac arrest)	3.71 (0.75)	2
7. Mass casualty incidents	3.70 (0.67)	1
8. Announcement of a serious illness to the patient and/or family	3.68 (0.68)	1
9. Bradycardia	3.66 (0.56)	2
10. Abdominal trauma	3.58 (0.69)	1
11. Chest pain	3.55 (0.70)	1
12. Seizures	3.55 (0.67)	2
13. Shortness of breath	3.53 (0.72)	1
14. Thoracic trauma	3.53 (0.62)	1
15. Head trauma	3.53 (0.83)	2