EM Vivas · Resuscitation team leadership and CRM
CRM in the resus bay
Viva on non-technical skills in resuscitation leadership.
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ACEMFRCEMABEM
Prompt
Describe how you lead a paediatric arrest differently from an adult VF arrest from a CRM perspective, including role allocation, closed-loop communication, family presence, and debrief.
Interpretation
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CRM principles are the same; context changes. Declare leadership, allocate roles, use weight-based paediatric resources (sheet/app), assign a dedicated family support person if family present, and keep cognitive load down with checklists.
Closed-loop is non-negotiable for weight-based doses. Shared mental model updates prevent fixation. After ROSC or termination: structured plus-delta debrief and second-victim support.[1]
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- [1]Greif R, et al. Education, Implementation, and Teams: 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations. Circulation, 2020.PMID 33098918