Table 2.
Distribution of non-routine events among 34 resuscitations with intubation
| Variable | Median (interquartile range) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
0 indicates no observed events
0 (0–0) indicates events occurring with a low frequency with median and interquartile range of 0.