title: Group effort in resuscitation teams.
abstract: Baumeister and colleagues underline that individual identification and differentiation of selves are important characteristics for group performance. They name specialization, moral responsibility, and efficiency as vital components of well-functioning groups. In my commentary, I transfer their framework to the group effort within resuscitation teams to discuss for the first time how these components determine teamwork during resuscitation.
authors.affiliation: Basel University Hospital,Division of Internal Medicine,University of Basel,4031 Basel,Switzerland.rainer_spiegel@hotmail.comhttps://www.unispital-basel.ch/.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spiegel
mesh_terms: D004526:Efficiency; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012151:Resuscitation