Captain Sonar Impact on Trauma Patient Management

Trauma patient care requires collaboration and interaction with close relationship between many stakeholders from different professions (senior doctor, intern, nurse, nurse helpers, surgeons, etc).

This is a stressful situation where decision and action need to be quick, decisive and coordinate.

In this situation, quality of care and patient safety depends on a good interprofessional communication.

The acquisition of advanced communication skills, team management and leadership, stress management are essentials elements in the practice of Intensive and trauma care. However, advanced structured training or assessment of theses skills is lacking in medical education or Healthcare professionals training. The study therefore, aimed to develop a global and attractive training to help healthcare professionals to improve their skills.

Captain SonarTM is a naval battle game where two teams each composed of four participants clash. Each player has a well-defined role and it is imperative to communicate in a closed loop to advance in the game. This game also includes components similar to support for shock management: stress, speed of action, central communication and teamwork of four protagonists (Team Leader-Captain, intern-Second, nurse-Mechanic, Nurse help-Detector). It may improve team building, team leadership, interprofessional work, communication, stress management. The study hypothesis is that this board game would have an impact on the performance of professionals when facing a multiple trauma simulated patient. (differences in terms of technical and non-technical performance. Different use of closed loop communication, Different stress management, different efficiency and interprofessional collaboration with potentially a reduction in the timing of treatment being delivered in trauma room)