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. 2016 Oct 6;16:555. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1803-x

Table 2.

Content of video ‘Advance CPR-decision-making in the hospital setting’

Section Subsection Timea Content
A. The clinical issues (11:24) 1. The current situation 2:47 Frustration, CPR overuse, lack of decisions, variable approaches, poor communicationb
2. Why has this situation arisen? 5:09 CPR development, expectations, poor training, clinical uncertainty, ‘doing everything’c
3. How can we improve clinical care? 3:29 Framework, normalize discussion, honesty, shared responsibility, scripted questions, involve team, systematize not protocolise
B. The decision -making framework (13:06) 1. Is CPR decision- making different? 3:09 Patient expectation, life and death, trust, part of overall care + ongoing
2. The medical assessment 3:28 Answer ‘will this patient survive CPR’, how to make the decision
3. Four clinical categories and discussion aim 4:38 Clinical framework presented in interview style, animation of framework, deliberate and interpretive communication [11]
4. Documentation 1:59 Capture escalation plan, value + preferences of patient, follow local policy
C. Communication tips and examples (13:34) 1. Improving communication 5:13 Communication overview, clinician tips for CPR decision-making, learning communication, introduces tools ‘ask-tell-ask’ + ‘NURSE’
2. Patient/Doctor scenarios 2:52 Poor conversation (tools annotated), Dot dies ‘bad death’, healthy view of death
2.1 Dot and Dr Nick 5:29 Good conversation (tools annotated), Dot dies ‘good death’, consumer voice
2.2 Dot and Dr Eng
Overview video 5:35 Promotional style overview of Section A,B and C with dramatisation of dying scenes

aMinutes: seconds

b"Dot" clinical scenario introduced (would not survive CPR)

cIncludes "Dot" and "Dr Nick" (without tools annotated), Dot arresting and rapid response teams commencing CPR, introduced animation of framework