ArticleJournal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
An exploratory study on the effect of rescuer team size on basic and advanced life support technical skills in a high-fidelity simulation of canine cardiopulmonary arrest.
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- Influence of team size on the efficiency of time-critical ALS interventions in prehospital cardiac arrest - A prospective randomised multicentre simulation study.Resuscitation plus · 2026Article
- An exploratory study on the effect of rescuer team size on basic and advanced life support technical skills in a high-fidelity simulation of canine cardiopulmonary arrest.Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)Article
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objectiveTo evaluate the effect of rescuer team size on objective skill measures of basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) using high-fidelity canine CPR simulation.
designProspective, experimental study.
settingVeterinary clinical simulation center. SUBJECTS: Forty-eight Reassessment Campaign on Veterinary Resuscitation CPR-certified veterinary students. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsFive groups of participants each conducted 3 CPR simulations in configurations of 4, 6, and 8 rescuers. Simulations represented a shock patient declining into asystole, followed by ventricular fibrillation and return of spontaneous circulation. Resuscitation efforts were video-recorded to evaluate BLS and ALS tasks. Mean (±SD) was derived and data were compared among team sizes using ANOVA and Tukey's post hoc analysis. Significance was set at P < 0.05. Among teams of 4, 6, and 8 rescuers, time to first chest compression (13 s [±6], 9 s [±2], 8 s [±4]; P = 0.24) and positive-pressure breath (101 s [±37], 56 s [±15], 67 s [±24]; P = 0.05) were not significantly different. Chest compression (100/min [±5], 108/min [±6], 107/min [±6]; P = 0.12) and ventilatory rates (9/min [±1], respectively, P = 0.52) were not significantly different. Time without chest compressions/total length of CPR was not significantly different (72 s [±16], 61 s [±16], 54 s [±8]; P = 0.15). Capnography and ECG monitoring were used by all teams. Time to first vasopressor administration was significantly different among team sizes (268 s [±70], 164 s [±65], 174 s [±34]; P = 0.04), with vasopressors being most quickly administered by teams of 6 rescuers. Time to electrical defibrillation was not significantly different (486 s [±45], 424 s [±22], 488 s [±181]; P = 0.57). Incorrect ALS interventions occurred in 60%, 0%, and 40% of CPR events in 4, 6, and 8 rescuer teams, respectively.
conclusionsAlthough the achievement of BLS tasks was comparable in teams of 4 rescuers, teams of 6 rescuers may be preferable based on differences in the rate of guideline-incompliant treatments and ALS task efficiency. Teams of 8 rescuers were neither more efficient nor more accurate at conducting BLS and ALS tasks.
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