EM Cases · Trauma team leadership
Trauma bay CRM failure — resus station
ACEM OSCE testing role allocation, closed-loop communication, STOP reassessment and leader standing back.
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Target exams
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Prompt
Major trauma arrives; team chaos with dual operators and open-loop drugs.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes.
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