Observation of Emergency Obstetrical Situations.

Overview

The TeamOBS study is an observational study. We analyze actually recordings of obstetric emergencies to get an even better understanding and knowledge of the association between the communication and cooperation and the quality of the performance of the interdisciplinary team.

Full Title of Study: “TeamOBS – Focuses on the Association Between Teamwork and Clinical Performance in Emergency Obstetrical Situations”

Study Type

  • Study Type: Observational
  • Study Design
    • Time Perspective: Prospective
  • Study Primary Completion Date: May 20, 2017

Detailed Description

Background: In obstetric emergency situations (OES) inadequate non-technical skills (NTS) are the leading causes of substandard care. Aim: Based on live audio and video (AV)-recordings of real (OES) the aim is to describes how the NTS and the clinical performance are related. Method: 1. Inclusion of the teams. OES teams from the delivery ward at two Danish hospitals, Aarhus University Hospital and Horsens Regional Hospital are AV-recorded are collected and saved for analyzing with consent from all participant. 2. Develop a scoring tool to rate clinical performance in OES. 12 Ekspert Senior Obstetricians from different maternity units in Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland volunteered to join the Delphi panel and develop a clinical performance tool. 3. Rate clinical performance. Using the developed tool in 2) to rate live teams 4. Rate NTS Recording of teams will be rated by the validated list: Assessment of Obstetric Team Performance with the validated tool from Pamela Morgan: AOTP. Furthermore important observations will be code. Video assessments is planned for 2016-2018 5. Explore the association between clinical performance and NTS in OES. Results from 3) and 4) will be compared. Discussion: We expect that this study will add to the knowledge of NTS and the effect on clinical performance in OES.

Interventions

  • Other: no intervention
    • No intervention – only observation of teams delivering acute obstetric care

Arms, Groups and Cohorts

  • 1: Study population
    • Participants in this study are working staff (junior and senior doctors, midwifes and other health personal) in the maternity wards of two hospitals in Central Region Denmark: Horsens Regional Hospital and Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby.

Clinical Trial Outcome Measures

Primary Measures

  • Clinical performance
    • Time Frame: 15. october 2014 – 20. May 2016
    • Clinical performance is assessed by video raters, using a checklist TeamOBS-tool

Secondary Measures

  • Blood loss
    • Time Frame: 15. october 2014 – 20. May 2016
    • Blood loss measured and verbalized by the emergency team.

Participating in This Clinical Trial

Inclusion Criteria

Video recordings of emergency situations in simulation aswell live will include management of every day situations as well as rare emergencies, with the inclusion criteria of obstetric teamwork: >2 healthcare personal present and one of them an obstetrician. The five situations in are study are the following: 1. Eclampsia, 2. Post-partum haemorrhage, 3. New -born resuscitation (Apgar ≤ 7/5 min), 4. Shoulder dystocia and 5. Instrumental delivery. The situation can be included if a video recording is capture of the event and all participant in the video have given informed consent. Exclusion Criteria:

Absent informed consent.

Gender Eligibility: All

Minimum Age: N/A

Maximum Age: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Investigator Details

  • Lead Sponsor
    • TeamOBS
  • Collaborator
    • Aarhus University Hospital Skejby
  • Provider of Information About this Clinical Study
    • Sponsor
  • Overall Official(s)
    • Niels Uldbjerg, MD.PHD, Study Chair, University of Aarhus
    • Ole Kierkegaard, MD, Principal Investigator, Horsens Hospital

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