Leading a paediatric resuscitation team — OSCE

Station brief (8–10 minutes)

A four-year-old arrests on the paediatric ward at three in the morning. You arrive first as the senior registrar. Two nurses, a resident and a pharmacist are at the bed space, and the parents are watching from the doorway. The examiner will ask you to take the team leader role and describe, step by step, how you would run this resuscitation — and then how you would build a team that performs this well when you are not standing in it. You will be questioned on role allocation, closed-loop communication, the shared mental model, psychological safety and speak-up, the TeamSTEPPS toolkit, structured handover, and the evidence for team training. Do not invent local staffing ratios or mandated policy numbers. ^{[4] [11]}