Global perspective on training and staffing for paediatric cardiac critical care.

This manuscript provides a global perspective on physician and nursing education and training in paediatric cardiac critical care, including available resources and delivery of care models with representatives from several regions of the world including Africa, Israel, Asia, Australasia, Europe, South America, and the United States of America.

Reliability of team-based self-monitoring in critical events: a pilot study.

Background: Teamwork is a critical component during critical events. Assessment is mandatory for remediation and to target training programmes for observed performance gaps.

Methods: The primary purpose was to test the feasibility of team-based self-monitoring of crisis resource management with a validated teamwork assessment tool.

Impact of an embedded simulation team training programme in a paediatric intensive care unit: a prospective, single-centre, longitudinal study.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of an embedded simulation-based team training programme on perceived performance and to compare the effect over different phases of the programme.

Methods: This was a prospective, single-centre, longitudinal study over the first 2 years of the programme. A total of 219 multidisciplinary health-care professionals participated in simulation sessions, followed by anonymous evaluation questionnaires.