Evaluation of Heart Rate Assessment Timing, Communication, Accuracy, and Clinical Decision-Making during High Fidelity Simulation of Neonatal Resuscitation

Table 2

House officers’ percentage of correct performance on heart rate (HR) assessments and clinical decision-making on neonatal high fidelity simulation resuscitations.

	Overall	First heart rate assessment	Second heart rate assessment	Third heart rate assessment	Subsequent heart rate assessment
HR assessment method
Palpation	72%	66%	72%	71%	77%
Auscultation	13%	8%	14%	15%	14%
Both	15%	25%	14%	14%	9%
Timely HR assessment	82%	57%	90%	94%	82%
HR communicated appropriately	74%	81%	75%	74%	65%
HR accurate	70%	74%	70%	64%	70%
Clinical decision-making for HR	81%	91%	81%	73%	80%