Teamwork matters: The association between nontechnical skills and cardiac arrest in trauma patients presenting with hypotension

The impact of trauma team dynamics on outcomes in injured patients is not completely understood. We sought to evaluate the association between trauma team function, as measured by a modified Trauma Non-Technical Skills assessment, and cardiac arrest in hypotensive trauma patients. We hypothesized that better team function is associated with a decreased probability of developing cardiac arrest. Trauma video review was used to collect data from resuscitations of adult hypotensive trauma patients at 19 centers. Hypotension at emergency department presentation was defined as an initial systolic blood pressure