An interventional study of Handbook and Medication chart in Healthy, sponsored by St. Justine's Hospital. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-04-06.
Sponsored by St. Justine's Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Dosage errors are common in the stressful situation of a pediatric resuscitation. In addition to that, studies have reported that delays to provide medication is associated to worst survival rate for very sick children. To minimize delays and error, the investigators recently published a resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children thus eliminating the need for dosage calculation. Once the weight of the patient is known, the physicians only have to open the book at the page corresponding to the weight and all the medications with their calculated dosage are provided. The primary goal of this study is to evaluate the number of dosage error during simulated pediatric resuscitation comparing residents using the handbook vs. utilisation of a chart providing non-calculated dosage. This will be an experimental crossover trial among 40 residents performing four simulated case-scenarios in a high-fidelity simulation lab.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example, at the page of 15 kg, it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 1.5 cc of 1: 10 000.
Other: Handbook
Medication chart who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example,it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 0.01 mg/kg.
Other: Medication chart
Resuscitation handbook who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example, at the page of 15 kg, it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 1.5 cc of 1: 10 000.
Medication chart who provides drug dosages for each weight for children. For example,it is written that the dosage of epinephrin is 0.01 mg/kg.
Having at least one dosage error in any of the medications during the case for a participant
Difference of \> 10% of the recommended drug dosage for any of the medication provided during the simulated case scenario. To be perfect, there must be no error among all drugs provided.
Time frame: During the simulation (10 minutes)
Dosage error in any for all individual medications during the case for a participant
Difference of \> 10% of the recommended drug dosage for any of the medication provided during the simulated case scenario
Time frame: During the simulation (10 minutes)
Time for first drug prescription for each case per participant
Time required for the prescription of the first dose of medication. From beginning of the case until the first dose of epinephrine is completely prescribed (Dosage included)
Time frame: During the simulation (10 minutes)
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