Pediatric Fast Fluid Trial 2

Rapid Pediatric Fluid Resuscitation: a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Efficiency of Two Provider-Endorsed Manual Fluid Resuscitation Techniques

The purpose of this study is to determine which of two commonly used methods of manual pediatric fluid resuscitation (The "Push-Pull Technique" vs. the "Disconnect-Reconnect Technique") allows for the most rapid administration of normal saline when this is urgently required.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health Care Providers working or training at McMaster Children's Hospital, including staff nurses, staff physicians, postgraduate medical trainees, nursing students, and medical students
• may be asked to perform manual fluid resuscitation as part of their clinical care activities

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to understand English
• Limited manual dexterity, specifically resulting in an inability to perform manual fluid resuscitation involving syringes
• Have acted in a physically strenuous capacity that may result in significant hand fatigue in the 30 minutes immediately prior to performance of the intervention. Where this is the only criteria limiting subject participation, rescheduling of an alternate testing time will be permitted.