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Table 2 Results specific needs assessment. Questionnaire including pre-defined topics and an option for free-text responses asking regarding training needs of technical skills, non-technical skills (teamwork) and specific medical conditions among inter-professional staff members at the Children’s Hospital Lucerne. Only topics reported by more than 50 % of participants (nurses and physicians) are shown

From: Inter-professional in-situ simulated team and resuscitation training for patient safety: Description and impact of a programmatic approach

Knowledge and technical skills

Total (n = 124)

Nurses (n = 92)

Physicians (n = 32)

Chi2

Airway management

81 (65 %)

63 (68 %)

18 (56 %)

ns

á…źBag and mask ventilation

69 (56 %)

55 (60 %)

14 (44 %)

ns

á…źCardiac massage

67 (54 %)

54 (59 %)

13 (41 %)

ns

á…źDefibrillation

70 (56 %)

57 (62 %)

13 (41 %)

p < .05

á…źEmergency medications

101 (81 %)

82 (89 %)

19 (59 %)

p < .01

Specific clinical situations

á…źRespiratory problems

72 (58 %)

54 (59 %)

18 (56 %)

ns

á…źRespiratory arrest

81 (65 %)

61 (66 %)

20 (62 %)

ns

á…źCardiac arrest

76 (61 %)

62 (67 %)

14 (44 %)

p < .05

á…źShock

77 (62 %)

59 (64 %)

18 (56 %)

ns

á…źMultiple trauma

66 (53 %)

58 (63 %)

8 (25 %)

p < .01

Management of critical events

á…źTrauma room management

69 (56 %)

52 (57 %)

17 (53 %)

ns

á…źPALS Algorithms

77 (62 %)

64 (70 %)

13 (41 %)

p < .01

á…źTeam concept

84 (68 %)

69 (75 %)

15 (47 %)

p < .01

á…źCRM

73 (59 %)

59 (64 %)

14 (44 %)

p < .05

á…źOrganization

88 (71 %)

70 (76 %)

18 (56 %)

p < .05

á…źCommunication

82 (66 %)

64 (70 %)

18 (56 %)

ns

á…źError prevention

83 (67 %)

64 (70 %)

19 (59 %)

ns

  1. Chi2 between nurses and physicians
  2. ns = not significant
  3. CRM = Crisis resource management, PALS = paediatric advanced life support