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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Comput Support Coop Work. 2014 Jul 22;24(1):1–38. doi: 10.1007/s10606-014-9210-5

Table 3.

Summary of information types, roles favoring those types, and position on the display for each feature of teamwork.

Features of Teamwork Priority Information Types Roles Favoring this Information Position on Display
Accessing patient information and pre-hospital data
  • Demographics (age, weight)

  • Mechanism of injury

  • Pre-hospital interventions

  • En-route changes in patient status

  • Scribe and bedside nurses

  • Leadership roles

  • Physician surveyor

Top left
Identifying leaders and other roles
  • Names of supervisory roles

  • List of team roles present in the room

  • Leadership roles

  • Scribe and bedside nurses

  • Anesthesiologist

  • Respiratory therapist

Top center
Monitoring patient status in real time and trends over time
  • Raw vital signs

  • Vital sign trends

  • Leadership roles

  • Anesthesiologist

  • Respiratory therapist

  • Scribe and bedside nurses

Right or middle center
Keeping track of tasks and team progress Sequential dependency of tasks
  • Medications (name, dosage); IV access (type, placement); fluids (type, amount)

  • Scribe and bedside nurses

Bottom center or right
Elapsed time
  • Timestamps for medications, fluids

  • Timer

  • All roles

Top center
Abnormal patient findings
  • Abnormal findings from patient evaluation (ABCD protocol steps)

  • Leadership roles

Bottom left
Periodic checklists
  • Completed tasks, tasks in progress and remaining tasks

  • Leadership roles

Bottom left
Managing orders and coordinating with other hospital units
  • Lab orders and results (e.g., blood gas level)

  • Radiology orders and results (e.g., x-rays, CT scans)

  • All roles

Bottom right