Table 4. Themes of Interview Participants’ Interactions With the Trauma Team During Trauma Resuscitation.
| Theme | Participants (References), No. | Representative Quotations |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical care | 30 (232) | NA |
| Exposure | NA | “I knew that it was just so they could give me the best treatment.” |
| Physical examination | NA | “[The team] just started working on me as soon as I got in here, trying to figure out where all this blood was coming from.” |
| “I kept prolonging [the rectal examination] because I was laying there with my legs up, and I guess they couldn’t really do what they really wanted to do.” | ||
| Pain medication | NA | “They’ve been good about the pain meds…Generous with them.” |
| “They do be stingy with the drugs…when you first get here.” | ||
| Procedures | NA | “It was almost like torture…my ribs were broken, yet they’re still trying to push something in through the ribs.” |
| “…[E]verything was happening all at one time…I’m glad they did it that way instead of giving me time to be able to concentrate and sit there and focus on them just doing that.” | ||
| Trauma team members | 30 (282) | NA |
| Quantity | NA | “…[S]cary…to have so many people kinda like bombard you.” |
| “…6 different people trying to help me at once” | ||
| Expertise | NA | “…[E]verybody played a perfect part…It was like we all rehearsed this thing.” |
| Concerns about trauma team members | NA | “…[T]he young lady kept missing [with the IV placement]. And then instead of doing her job, she want to yell, going back and forth with me.” |
| “…[I]t was a lot of talking vs—to me, it was like—if the students wasn’t there, the actual doctors could have got it done faster.” | ||
| Comfort | NA | “…[A] pillow, warm blankets, and the IVs, and pain medicine.” |
| “Just talking to me.” | ||
| Communication | 30 (233) | NA |
| Clinical issues | NA | “They spoke directly and clearly about what was going on, what to expect and what they were going to do.” |
| Reassurance | NA | “I’m going to be okay, it ain’t that serious, calm down, try to get some rest.” |
| Participants’ questions | NA | “Am I going to die?” |
| “There really wasn’t too much questions, but go ahead and do what you gotta do.” | ||
| Between trauma team members | NA | “I didn’t know what they was talking about, but I knew it was something like a bunch of tools to help me.” |
| Side conversations | NA | “They kept on walking on the side of me, talking… what they gonna do? What were they talking about? Whether it was serious?” |
| “They were judgmental of me because I have tattoos; I'm black.” | ||
| Lack of communication | NA | “They still don’t tell me what the real thing that’s going on with me yet.” |
Abbreviations: IV, intravenous; NA, not applicable.