Interns’ anticipatory anxiety about cardiopulmonary resuscitation: reducing it while bolstering confidence with psychological skills training

Autor: Michael Joseph Asken, Vinod Nookala, Sandeep Bhattarai, Isha Shrimanker, Victoria Slaven, Vanessa A. Hortian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Internal and Emergency Medicine. 16:2009-2011
ISSN: 1970-9366
1828-0447
Popis: Dealing with emergencies is a critical responsibility of physicians-in-training. Residents typically lead cardio-pulmonary resuscitation efforts in a teaching hospital. A ‘Code Blue’ is a situation that is highly challenging, time sensitive and very often highly anxiety-provoking. Recently, there is greater recognition of the need and value of integrating specific psychological performance skills training to better manage the stress of critical situations. In this study, we sought to evaluate the impact of including a psychological skills training program with BLS/ACLS training for performance and confidence optimization and mitigation of anxiety in 1 year residents related to participating in and leading emergency resuscitations. First-year residents across six specialties underwent traditional BLS/ACLS training with the addition of a 3 h psychological skills training component (Code Calm) as part of their residency orientation. Anxiety and confidence-based questionnaires were used to evaluate the residents’ perceptions of code-related stress and confidence to lead resuscitation efforts. Code-related anxiety scores demonstrated a statistically significant decrease post training (p
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