Table 2.
Pre-boot camp | Post-boot camp | Mean change | |
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I understand how an effective code blue resuscitation should be run | 4.2 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
I feel adequately prepared to lead a code blue resuscitation | 2.9 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
I feel adequately prepared to function as a key team member (non-leader) during a code blue resuscitation | 4.4 | 4.8 | 0.4 |
I feel adequately prepared to prepare to provide orders in a closed-loop fashion | 3.8 | 4.6 | 1.2 |
I feel adequately prepared to intubate during a code blue resuscitation | 2.1 | 3.6 | 1.5 |
I feel adequately prepared to use difficult airway equipment | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 |
I feel adequately prepared to emergently evaluate and treat a tension pneumothorax | 2.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 |
I feel adequately prepared to perform CPR | 4.7 | 4.9 | 0.2 |
I feel adequately prepared to used a cardiac defibrillator/monitor | 4.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 |
I feel adequately prepared to pace a third-degree heart block | 3.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
I feel adequately prepared to place an intraosseous line | 2.4 | 4.6 | 2.2 |
I feel adequately prepared to troubleshoot a chest tube and pleurovac system placed by another provider | 3.2 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
I feel adequately prepared to place a central venous catheter | 3.2 | 3.7 | 0.5 |
I feel adequately prepared to interpret EKGs and identify critical or unstable rhythms | 4.0 | 4.6 | 0.6 |
I feel adequately prepared to troubleshoot basic mechanical ventilation alarms | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 |
Abbreviations: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; EKG, electrocardiogram.