ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2021
Examining non-technical skills for ad hoc resuscitation teams: a scoping review and taxonomy of team-related concepts.
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- Non-technical skills in acute care: an umbrella review of assessment, training, and implications for emergency department practice.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Team leader communication in ad hoc teams and its impact on team outcomes: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Effect of cold environments on technical performance and perceived workload and stress during advanced medical procedures: a randomized controlled simulation study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Trial
- Nontechnical Skills and Leadership Are Associated With More Efficient Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Deployment in Real-World Cardiac Arrest.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Observational
- Model Resuscitation Leadership Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Residents: Modified Delphi Study.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Nontechnical Skills (NTS) and the Quality of Conducting Prehospital Advanced Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Among Paramedics.Emergency medicine international · 2026Article
- AI-Based Assessment of Non-Technical Skills in Prehospital Simulations: A Comparative Validation Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Team cognition in healthcare simulation: a framework for deliberate measurement.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2025Article
- Leveraging just-in-time simulation to train ad hoc teams.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2025Article
- Just-in-time simulation for ad hoc teams: applications for surgical trainees.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2025Article
- Physicians' challenges when working in the prehospital environment - a qualitative study using grounded theory.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
- Emergency team competencies: scoping review for the development of a tool to support the briefing and debriefing activities of emergency healthcare providers.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundNon-technical skills (NTS) concepts from high-risk industries such as aviation have been enthusiastically applied to medical teams for decades. Yet it remains unclear whether-and how-these concepts impact resuscitation team performance. In the context of ad hoc teams in prehospital, emergency department, and trauma domains, even less is known about their relevance and impact.
methodsThis scoping review, guided by PRISMA-ScR and Arksey & O'Malley's framework, included a systematic search across five databases, followed by article selection and extracting and synthesizing data. Articles were eligible for inclusion if they pertained to NTS for resuscitation teams performing in prehospital, emergency department, or trauma settings. Articles were subjected to descriptive analysis, coherence analysis, and citation network analysis.
resultsSixty-one articles were included. Descriptive analysis identified fourteen unique non-technical skills. Coherence analysis revealed inconsistencies in both definition and measurement of various NTS constructs, while citation network analysis suggests parallel, disconnected scholarly conversations that foster discordance in their operationalization across domains. To reconcile these inconsistencies, we offer a taxonomy of non-technical skills for ad hoc resuscitation teams.
conclusionThis scoping review presents a vigorous investigation into the literature pertaining to how NTS influence optimal resuscitation performance for ad hoc prehospital, emergency department, and trauma teams. Our proposed taxonomy offers a coherent foundation and shared vocabulary for future research and education efforts. Finally, we identify important limitations regarding the traditional measurement of NTS, which constrain our understanding of how and why these concepts support optimal performance in team resuscitation.
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