title: Code Blue: methodology for a qualitative study of teamwork during simulated cardiac arrest.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) is a particularly vexing entity from the perspective of preparedness, as it is neither common nor truly rare. Survival from IHCA requires the coordinated efforts of multiple providers with different skill sets who may have little prior experience working together. Survival rates have remained low despite advances in therapy, suggesting that human factors may be at play.
  
  
  METHODS
  This qualitative study uses a quasiethnographic data collection approach combining focus group interviews with providers involved in IHCA resuscitation as well as analysis of video recordings from in situ-simulated cardiac arrest events. Using grounded theory-based analysis, we intend to understand the organisational, interpersonal, cognitive and behavioural dimensions of IHCA resuscitation, and to build a descriptive model of code team functioning.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This ongoing study has been approved by the IRB at UC Davis Medical Center.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results will be disseminated in a subsequent manuscript.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Clarke
authors.affiliation: Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, Sacramento, California, USA.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carolina Apesoa-Varano
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Queen of the Valley Medical Center, Napa, California, USA.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barton
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D017144:Focus Groups; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016544:Patient Simulation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012649:Self Concept; D014741:Video Recording
keywords: EDUCATION & TRAINING (see Medical Education & Training); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH