title: [Implementation of regularly performed resuscitation training at a hyperbaric treatment center].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Medical emergency situations and even cardiac arrest can occur during treatment of patients in therapeutic hyperbaric chambers just as in other clinical departments; therefore, high quality structured management should be implemented for dealing with emergencies in this special working area. To ensure this the emergency medical treatment should not only be performed according to the current state of medical knowledge but needs to take the special features of the hyperbaric environment including safety aspects into account.
  
  
  METHODS
  This article presents a description of the implementation and effects of routine emergency and resuscitation training at a center for hyperbaric medicine.
  
  
  RESULTS
  By simulation of emergencies in a hyperbaric chamber it rapidly became clear that the treatment of medical emergencies and cardiac arrest under hyperbaric conditions has some special features and due to safety aspects cannot always be performed according to current medical guidelines. At the time of this simulation in a real life working environment, previously unknown structural and logistic problems became obvious whereby the solutions contributed to a significant improvement of structural and process quality and could potentially also improve the outcome quality. Furthermore, a positive and lasting learning effect in the fields of quality of resuscitation measures, organization of the workplace, communication skills, logistics and safety aspects was detectable by analyzing participant performance over a period of 4 years. On the part of the participating staff a positive feedback and high acceptance of emergency simulator training was confirmed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through annual compulsory emergency training of the complete staff of the hyperbaric unit at the actual workplace, a structural and confident approach to dealing with emergencies and resuscitation situations was observed. By the use of on-site simulator training even in specialized hospital units, deficits and tentativeness regarding logistics, course of action, organization and communication in emergency situations can be minimized to provide optimum patient care in a real life emergency situation by focusing on the medical measures.
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland. frank.dieterich@bgu-murnau.de.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dieterich
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanstinger
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knebel
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ott
authors.affiliation: Druckkammerzentrum Abt. für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin, Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Murnau, Prof.-Küntscher-Str. 8, 82418, Murnau, Deutschland.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schöppenthau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003142:Communication; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000628:therapy; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008348:Manikins; D010348:Patient Care Team; D061214:Patient Safety; D012769:Shock / Q000628:therapy; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Algorithms; Defibrillation; Hyperbaric oxygenation; In-hospital emergency management; Simulation training