Medical error is common during trauma resuscitations. Most errors are nontechnical,
stemming from ineffective team leadership, nonstandardized communication among team …

BACKGROUND: A modified nontechnical skills (NOTECHS) scale for trauma (T-NOTECHS)
was developed to teach and assess teamwork skills of multidisciplinary trauma resuscitation …

BACKGROUND Most medical errors are nontechnical and include failures in team
communication, situational awareness, resource use, and leadership. Other high-risk …

Objective Trauma team training provides instruction on crisis management through
debriefing and discussion of teamwork and leadership skills during simulated trauma …

Background Simulation and team training are accepted as critical patient safety strategies to
improve team performance and can help achieve better outcomes. Standardized and …

Introduction Trauma resuscitations require a coordinated response from a diverse group of
health care providers. Currently, there are no widely accepted methods of assessing team …

OBJECTIVE: Evaluate the impact of a team training curriculum for residents and
multidisciplinary trauma team members on team communication, coordination and clinical …

Background We previously reported on a pilot trauma multidisciplinary crisis resource
course titled STARTT (Simulated Trauma and Resuscitative Team Training). Here, we study …

Introduction Effective teamwork is imperative in the emergency trauma setting as trauma
teams work in the uncertain and complex context of resuscitating critically injured patients …

OBJECTIVES: We investigated these questions: Does formal team training improve team
behaviors in the trauma resuscitation bay? If yes, then does improved teamwork lead to …