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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2020 Nov 1;259:276–283. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2020.09.036

Table 2.

Distribution of non-routine events among 34 resuscitations with intubation

Variable Median (interquartile range)
All phases Before patient arrival* Pre-intubation decision+ Critical Period Post-intubation
Non-routine events 19.5 (15.3–25.8) 0 (0–1) 3 (0–7.8) 6 (4.3–10) 8 (6–10)
Process events
  Commission 4 (3–6) 0 (0–0)§ 0 (0–1) 1 (0.3–2) 2 (1–3)
  Omission 4 (3.3–7) 0 (0–0) 1 (0–1.8) 1 (1–2.8) 2 (1–3)
  Selection 4.5 (3.3–6.8) 0 (0–0) 1 (0–2.8) 2 (1–3) 1 (0.3–2.8)
Non-process events 5 (4–8.8) 0 (0–1) 1 (0–3) 2 (1–3) 2 (1.3–3)
Airway management NRE 2 (1–3.8) 0ǂ 0 (0–0) 1 (0.3–2) 1 (0–1)
NREs by team role
Leadership 2 (2–3) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0.8) 1 (0–2) 1 (0–2)
Anesthesiologist 1.5 (1–3) 0 0 (0–0) 1 (1–2) 0 (0–1)
Surgical surveyor 2.5 (1–4) 0 (0–0) 1 (0–2) 0.5 (0–2) 0.5 (0–1)
Bedside nurse 3.5 (2–6) 0 0 (0–1) 1 (0–2) 2 (1–2.8)
Respiratory therapist 2 (1–4) 0 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 1 (0.3–2)
X-ray technician 0 (0–0) 0 0 0 0 (0–0)
EMS technician 1 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–0) 0
Other personnel 0 (0–0) 0 0 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0)
Entire team 0 (0–0) 0 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0)
Patient 1 (0–1) 0 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0.5 (0–1)
Parent 0 (0–0) 0 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0) 0 (0–0)
Equipment/external 3.5 (2–5) 0 (0–1) 0 (0–1) 1 (0–2) 2 (1–2)
*

phase did not occur in one resuscitation

+

phase did not occur in eight resuscitations

ǂ

0 indicates no observed events

§

0 (0–0) indicates events occurring with a low frequency with median and interquartile range of 0.