Der Anaesthesist
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Clearly defined professional roles have the advantage that team members know what they are expected to do and what their expectations of other professional groups are. For the definition of roles a distinct number of interactions between persons are a prerequisite. In a typical operations room (OR) team members are not constantly involved and are often exchanged. Interactions between personnel are not strong enough to fulfil the designing process of role shaping. In this study the possible substitution of defined roles by a distinct professional culture in an OR was studied. ⋯ It is concluded that in this analysis the role definition was not clear. Optimization is therefore possible which could reduce conflict potential and contribute to a higher productivity.
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Comparative Study
[Preclinical transtracheal emergency ventilation. Animal experimental comparison of two techniques].
Prehospital transtracheal ventilation via a needle cricothyroidotomy may be lifesaving in cannot-intubate-cannot-ventilate situations. A self-made device consisting of a three-way stopcock placed between a transtracheal airway catheter and an oxygen supply was constructed and the effectiveness of the device was compared with a hand-triggered emergency jet generator in animal experiments. ⋯ The efficacy of the self-made device during the experiment was comparable with the efficacy of the hand-triggered emergency jet injector.