Scribe during emergency department resuscitation: Registered Nurse domain or up for grabs?
The characteristics of an effective scribe; well developed communication skills, confidence and assertiveness and resuscitation 'know how', may be the measurement of readiness for the position of scribe nurse within the resuscitation team, rather than number of years of clinical experience or designation.
This study confirms that active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation is associated with better haemodynamic status than conventional resuscitation.