Checklists Resuscitation Emergency Department

Clinical Use of an Emergency Manual by Resuscitation Teams and Impact on Performance in the Emergency Department

The study will systematically evaluate how an emergency manual-a collection of checklists and fact sheets-affects the performance of resuscitation teams during the management of priority one patients in an emergency department.

Simulation-based studies indicate that crisis checklist use improves management of patients with critical conditions in the emergency department (ED). This six-month-long study prospectively evaluates a digital emergency manual-a collection of crisis checklists and fact sheets-during the management of priority 1 patients in the Skåne University Hospital at Lund's ED.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Consecutive priority 1 patients managed in the resuscitation room of Skåne University Hospital at Lund's Emergency Department

Exclusion Criteria:

• None