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Table 1 Description of the cases handled by teams working in-real-life (IRL) and in simulation (SIM)

From: The use of specific coordination behaviours to manage information processing and task distribution in real and simulated trauma teamwork: an observational study

Case

Setting

Number of participants in team

Short description

1

IRL

11

Young male, bicycle rider without helmet, high-speed car collision, pain in back and neck, spontaneous nystagmus, stable vital signs

2

IRL

12

Middle-aged man, crashed on a road race bike, amnesia, suspected neurological deficits, stable vital signs

3

IRL

9

Young adult man, knife assault, sharp thoracic laceration wound, respiratory distress

4

IRL

14

Senior male on Warfarin treatment, four-wheel terrain motor vehicle accident, initially unconscious, amnesia, fluctuations in alertness during primary survey, open extremity fracture

5

SIM

11*

Middle-aged woman, squeezed between the wall and an elephant at zoo, declining consciousness, pneumothorax, suspected internal bleeding

6

SIM

12**

Middle-aged woman, self-inflicted fall accident, open bilateral femoral fractures, agitated patient with suspected vessel injury, unstable circulation

7

SIM

12**

Young man, skiing accident, crash against a tree, fractured extremities, declining consciousness

8

SIM

12**

Young woman, horse accident, unstable circulation, suspected pelvic fracture and internal bleeding

  1. *Including one instructor
  2. **Including two instructors