Table 2 Modified Coordination System for Medical Teams-Emergency (CoMeT-E) main categories (level 1)
Main category | Abbreviation | Contextual information | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
Information management | IM | Information concerning patient status, diagnoses, the prerequisites of the room, treatment, and other circumstances | “The blood pressure is 140/90” |
“He’s on Warfarin” | |||
“Is it bleeding, or what do me think?” | |||
Task management | TM | Concerns tasks that are performed or potentially performed, like positioning of the patient | “I am taking the blood pressure now” |
“See if it’s possible to cut the clothes” | |||
“Who can fetch the ultrasound?” | |||
Relational communication | RCAC | Not related to either information or task management | “Trust the feeling” |
“buy, buy, too bad” | |||
Other communication | OC | Non-coordination related utterances, i.e. chatting | “Hey, what’s the name of the new bar?” |
Not codable within the system | U | Inaudible utterances |