Published online March 1, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 117 No. 3 March 2006, pp. 658-664 (doi:10.1542/peds.2004-1803)
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Using Video Recording to Identify Management Errors in Pediatric Trauma Resuscitation

Ed Oakley, MBBS, FACEMa, Sergio Stocker, MDb, Georg Staubli, MDb and Simon Young, MBBS, FACEMa

a Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
b Children's University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

OBJECTIVE. To determine the ability of video recording to identify management errors in trauma resuscitation and to compare this method with medical record review.

METHOD. The resuscitation of children who presented to the emergency department of the Royal Children's Hospital between February 19, 2001, and August 18, 2002, for whom the trauma team was activated was video recorded. The tapes were analyzed, and management was compared with Advanced Trauma Life Support guidelines. Deviations from these guidelines were recorded as errors. Fifty video recordings were analyzed independently by 2 reviewers. Medical record review was undertaken for a cohort of the most seriously injured patients, and errors were identified. The errors detected with the 2 methods were compared.

RESULTS. Ninety resuscitations were video recorded and analyzed. An average of 5.9 errors per resuscitation was identified with this method (range: 1–12 errors). Twenty-five children (28%) had an injury severity score of >11; there was an average of 2.16 errors per patient in this group. Only 10 (20%) of these errors were detected in the medical record review. Medical record review detected an additional 8 errors that were not evident on the video recordings. Concordance between independent reviewers was high, with 93% agreement.

CONCLUSIONS. Video recording is more effective than medical record review in detecting management errors in pediatric trauma resuscitation. Management errors in pediatric trauma resuscitation are common and often involve basic resuscitation principles. Resuscitation of the most seriously injured children was associated with fewer errors. Video recording is a useful adjunct to trauma resuscitation auditing.

Key Words: video recording • trauma • resuscitation

Abbreviations: CCRTF—Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities • ISS—injury severity score • ED—emergency department • RCH—Royal Children's Hospital • ATLS—Advanced Trauma Life Support

Accepted Jul 8, 2005.


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