Published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine: Trauma Scissors vs. the Rescue Hook, Exposing a Simulated Patient: A Pilot Study Timothy R. Hurtado, DO, FACEP, Chris Montoya, MPAS, PA-C Received 19 February 2007; accepted 8 June 2007. published online 03 January 2008. Abstract The objective of this study was to compare the exposure times using trauma scissors vs. the rescue hook on a simulated patient. This was a prospectively randomized, parallel group comparison study with two arms. The control group used trauma scissors (15 cycles), and the intervention group used rescue hooks (15 cycles). The uniform and footwear were standardized for each cycle. Ten participants were trained on each instrument. For each cycle, four participants were randomly chosen, and the use of either instrument was randomized. Each participant was then queried about their preferences for either instrument and why. The rescue hook's mean time of exposure was 24 s with a SD of 7 s and a 95% confidence interval (CI) of 20b28 s. The trauma scissors' mean exposure time was 42 s with a SD of 5 s and a 95% CI of 39b45 s. The mean difference was 18 s, with a 95% CI of 13b23 s. On average, the rescue hook was 43% faster. Nine of 10 participants preferred the rescue hook, stating that it was faster, easier, smaller, and more durable. The rescue hook was found to be faster than trauma scissors when exposing a simulated patient, and it was the instrument preferred by the majority of participants. Jim Tibensky *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 12 2010 - 06:14:37 PDT
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