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. 2019 Jul 29;179(10):1398–1405. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2420

Table 2. Professional Roles of Hospital Staff Interviewed at Study Hospitals.

Type of Staff No.
Nurses (nonadministration) 72
Resuscitation team member or ED or critical care nurse 35
Educator 12
Manager 11
ED, intensive care unit, or coronary care unit director or supervisor 10
Nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or CRNA 4
Physicians (nonadministration) 27
Critical care and emergency medicine physician 9
Hospitalist and other 9
Resident physician 6
Anesthesiologist 3
Other staff (nonadministration) 27
Other (intravenous laboratory resuscitation team member, electrocardiogram technician, biomedical services, chaplain, and security) 10
Respiratory therapist resuscitation code team member 9
Pharmacy 8
Administration 32
Senior leadership (president, vice president, and chief medical and nursing officers) 9
Director of service lines (eg, critical care, emergency medicine, anesthesia, cardiac catheterization laboratory, and pharmacy) 9
Quality and data management team 9
Other (department administrator and ACLS trainer) 5
Total 158

Abbreviations: ACLS, advanced cardiac life support; CRNA, certified registered nurse anesthetist; ED, emergency department.