Closed-loop communication during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: Are the loops really closed?

• Main Authors: Ernisa, Marzuki, Rohde, Hannah, Cummins, Chris, Branigan, Holly, Clegg, Gareth, Crawford, Anna, McInnes, Lisa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Equinox 2020
• Subjects: P Philology. Linguistics; PR English literature; RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31863/1/Closed-loop%20communication%20during%20out-of-hospital%20resuscitation%20%20Are%20the%20loops%20really%20closed.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/31863/; https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/CAM; https://doi.org/10.1558/cam.37034

Training for effective communication in high-stakes environments actively promotes targeted communicative strategies. One oft-recommended strategy is closed-loop communication (CLC), which emphasises three components – call-out, checkback, and closing of the loop – to signal understanding. Using CLC...