title: S.T.A.R.T.T. plus: addition of prehospital personnel to a national multidisciplinary crisis resource management trauma team training course.
abstract: The Simulated Trauma and Resuscitation Team Training (S.T.A.R.T.T.) course is a unique multidisciplinary trauma team training course deliberately designed to address the common crisis resource management (CRM) skills of trauma team members. Moreover, the curriculum has been updated to also target the specific learning needs of individual participating professionals: physicians, nurses and respiratory therapists. This commentary outlines further modifications to the course curriculum in order to address the needs of a relatively undertargeted group: prehospital personnel (i.e., emergency medical services). Maintenance of high participant satisfaction, regardless of profession, suggests that the S.T.A.R.T.T. course can be readily modified to incorporate prehospital personnel without losing its utility or popularity.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Lawrence M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gillman
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Doug
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Paul T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Engels
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brindley
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Widder
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Gillman); the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man. (Martin, French); the Department of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont. (Engels); the Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Brindley); and the Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta. (Widder).
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D003479:Curriculum; D004493:Education / Q000379:methods*; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team