Table 3.
Modified Coordination System for Medical Teams-Emergency (CoMeT-E) coordination behaviour (level 2)
| Coordination behaviour | Abbreviation | Contextual specification | Example of utterance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provide information without request | PIWR | No question or request foregoing | “Just to let you know, this patient might have a severe reaction to the anaesthetic that is potentially lethal.” |
| “I have turned the nitroglycerin off.” | |||
| “They are pretty much done, take down.” | |||
| Request information | RI | “What is the child’s condition?” | |
| “Do we have a pulse?” | |||
| Give information after request | GIAR | Following information request | “Yes, we have a pulse.” |
| “The patient’s condition is critical.” | |||
| General situation assessment | GSA | “It looks like the things are getting better now.” | |
| Review process | RP | “We checked the pulse, made a blood gas analysis and have an EKG, so everything is done.” | |
| Request team member information | RTMI | “Are you familiar with this equipment?” | |
| Give team member information | GTMI | “I haven’t done this before, but I think I can do it.” | |
| Discuss option | DO | “I am not sure if we can give this medication because of his condition; what do you think?” | |
| Question a decision | QD | “Do you really want me to stop the procedure?” | |
| Evaluate a decision | ED | “I think this was the right choice.” | |
| Make/state a decision | MD | “Let’s forget about this; we need to intubate the patient now.” | |
| Task distribution | TD | “Prepare the adrenaline!” | |
| “Sue, could you please give me the tube?” | |||
| “Someone come here and give me a hand.” | |||
| Planning | PL | “First, we will prepare the medication, then provide the treatment.” | |
| Initiate an action | IA | “Okay, I’ll start now assessing the patient.” | |
| Clarification | CLA | “Just to make sure, you want me to do that?” | |
| Confirmationa | C | “Yes, exactly.” | |
| “We can say that.” | |||
| Other communication | OC | Non-coordination related utterance i.e. chatting | “Hey, what is the name of the new bar?” |
| Relational communicationa | RCAC | “I feel like I pushed you away now.” | |
| “We’re the little ones on this side.” | |||
| “Here you go!” | |||
| Not codable with the system | U |
aAdded codes