title: A pilot study to assess an online training module to quickly identify drugs on resuscitation trays.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To measure the median time required for healthcare professionals to identify drugs on resuscitation trays and to assess the usefulness of an online training module used to identify drugs on resuscitation trays.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive pilot study conducted in a mother-child university hospital center with a convenience sample of physicians, residents, nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy students or pharmacy technicians (10/group).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants were given a questionnaire before and after using a simulation module to identify drugs on resuscitation drug trays (30 questions on the full trays with 43 drugs and 15 questions on the partial trays with 21 drugs). The identification times were measured for each drug and for each tray.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median time to identify the drugs varied from 4s (range 2-46) for dextrose to 18s (range 4-78) for epinephrine. The median times to locate a drug on full and partial trays were, respectively: pharmacists 7 (2-103) and 6 (1-31), physicians 10 (3-78) and 7 (2-61) and nurses 10 (3-83) and 7 (2-53). All 60 participants strongly agreed that the online simulation module was a good tool for healthcare staff and that it would allow them to locate drugs more quickly in emergency situations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The online simulation module can be used by various groups of professionals and it can allow them to locate drugs on resuscitation tray more rapidly during an emergency.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacy department and Pharmacy Practice Research Unit (PPRU), CHU Sainte-Justine, 3175, chemin Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, Québec, Canada. jf.bussieres@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
authors.forename: J-F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bussières
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lebel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voytenko
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marquis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004282:Documentation; D004348:Drug Labeling; D004493:Education; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006282:Health Personnel; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009726:Nurses; D009862:Online Systems; D010595:Pharmacists; D010596:Pharmacy Technicians; D010820:Physicians; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires