A description of the "event manager" role in resuscitations: A qualitative study of interviews and focus groups of resuscitation participants.

Purpose: Communication during resuscitation is essential for the provision of coordinated, effective care. Previously, we observed 44% of resuscitation communication originated from participants other than the physician team leader; 65% of which was directed to the team, exclusive of the team leader. We called this outer-loop communication.

A description of communication patterns during CPR in ICU.

Background: Deficiencies in communication in health care are a common source of medical error. Preferred communication patterns are a component of resuscitation teaching. We audio-recorded resuscitations in a mixed paediatric medical and surgical ICU to describe communication.