Data on evaluation of proficiency for the US-CAB curriculum

Abstract

Data presented in this article relates to the research article entitled “US-CAB protocol for ultrasonographic evaluation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: validation and potential impact” (Lien et al., in press). The article provides data regarding proficiency of the 10 emergency residents attending the US-CAB curriculum. Assessments included immediate evaluation at the end of training and re-evaluation 6 months later. A written test, and the ultrasound image acquisition were required in the immediate evaluation The re-evaluation included the written test and performance on the same healthy volunteer.

The impact of ultrasonography on quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a retrospective observational study

“…In the current study, at least 7 members involved in each resuscitation scenario. The sonographer, all had completed basic US and resuscitative US training [21]. Through continued practice and accumulation of experience, the sonographers exhibited excellent US proficiency [7,21].…”

“…The sonographer, all had completed basic US and resuscitative US training [21]. Through continued practice and accumulation of experience, the sonographers exhibited excellent US proficiency [7,21]. In addition, a pre-set timer is important, which reminds the resuscitation team keeping pause as short as possible.…”

“…By contrast, previous studies showed that US-related pause duration would be lengthened to 17-21s [15,[18][19][20]. However, this could be shortened by the implementation of a structured US protocol and the presence of US-trained faculties [7,20,21]. Whether US impacts negatively on CCF remains unclear.…”

“…Senior emergency residents and an organized team were responsible for resuscitation of the patients with cardiac arrest at the resuscitation area. The senior emergency residents, serving as sonographers, all completed basic emergency US training (certified by the Taiwan Society of Emergency Medicine) and the resuscitative US training curriculum [21,23]. All of them passed the immediate evaluation and the re-evaluation 6 months later, and showed their US proficiency at the real resuscitative setting [7,23].…”