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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2015 Dec 12;211(2):482–488. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.11.001

Table 1.

Summary of Scenario Design with key elements for debriefing

Scenario Content Teamwork Probe Key T-NOTECHS Teamwork Domains Observable Teamwork Behaviors Clinical Care Concepts
Football Injury: Minor with ruptured spleen Shoulder pads on patient
Parents’ religion prohibits transfusion
  • Assessment and Decision Making

  • Situational Awareness and Coping with Stress

  • Communication

  • Leadership

  • Primary survey completed after pads removed

  • Transfusion decision communicated to members

Massive transfusion protocol
Hemorrhagic shock/upgrading level of activation
Consent conflict for minors
Motor Vehicle Crash (MVC): Intoxicated celebrity with facial trauma Distracting “gawker” enters trauma room.
Key team member called away/Handoff required
Uncooperative patient
  • Situational Awareness and Coping with Stress

  • Leadership

  • Cooperation and Resource Management

  • Delegation of roles and responsibilities

  • Explicit airway role handoff

  • Management of distractions

Head trauma
Alcohol confounder
Multi-casualty incident
Pedestrian vs MV: 20 week pregnant woman, CPR on arrival Poor CPR technique by confederate
  • Communication and interaction

  • Leadership

  • Assessment and Decision Making

  • CPR quality identified

  • Communication of clinical priorities

Trauma in pregnancy
Management of pulseless patient
Burn: Extensive burn in geriatric patient Conflict among confederates regarding intubation/advance directives
Telephone communication with family
  • Leadership

  • Communication and interaction

  • Discussion of limits to care within team

  • Communication of family member status to leader

Limits to care in nonsurvivable injury
Advanced directives