Code Team Leadership

The experiences in trauma team leadership that initiated my interest in code team organization and leadership began several decades ago when I was an emergency medicine resident at Brooke Army Medical Center. Our setting was somewhat unique because the emergency medicine senior resident and attending were responsible for the leadership of all traumas. Surgery residents were part of the team, but they did not formally function as trauma team leaders.   This, as one might expect, did not sit well with the surgery residents. Consequently, they did everything in their power to function independently, usurp team leadership, and steal procedures from the emergency medicine residents. It was a painful experience, to say the least, for a young resident striving to learn the priorities of emergency trauma care and team leadership. After two to three months of losing control of my trauma teams to condescending surgery residents, I had had enough. I carefully analyzed the dynamics of the setting, and learned the essence of code team leadership. It wasn’t long before I had things back under control. Nevertheless, those painful experiences gained under fire changed my approach to resuscitation leadership for the remainder of my emergency medicine career.   What’s so important about code team leadership? High-quality code or resuscitation team leadership is central to good code team organization and a well-run resuscitation. It is has never been studied or proven that good code team ...
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