Abstract
A code team responds to a cardiac arrest, and a group of variably experienced physicians, nurses, and staff from general ward manages the medical emergency. In his role as team leader, the critical care physician must cope with several parallel tasks: he assigns tasks to the team members, coordinates the resuscitation efforts, and gathers all available information to determine the case of the cardiac arrest, and assesses response to his interventions. In addition, he initiates preparations for an emergency operation while, at the same time, supervising the resuscitation efforts. He hands over the patient to the OR team and shares all relevant information. The fact that the patient survives the cardiac arrest without any neurological impairment can largely be ascribed to the successful teamwork and the good communication during the emergency situation.
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St.Pierre, M., Hofinger, G., Buerschaper, C., Simon, R. (2011). Speech is Golden: Communication. In: Crisis Management in Acute Care Settings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19700-0_12
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