Data in Brief (Apr 2018)

Data on evaluation of proficiency for the US-CAB curriculum

  • Wan-Ching Lien,
  • Shu-Hsien Hsu,
  • Kah-Meng Chong,
  • Shyh-Shyong Sim,
  • Meng-Che Wu,
  • Wei-Tien Chang,
  • Cheng-Chung Fang,
  • Matthew Huei-Ming Ma,
  • Shyr-Chyr Chen,
  • Wen-Jone Chen

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17
pp. 965 – 968

Abstract

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Data presented in this article relates to the research article entitled “US-CAB protocol for ultrasonographic evaluation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: validation and potential impact” (Lien et al., in press). The article provides data regarding proficiency of the 10 emergency residents attending the US-CAB curriculum. Assessments included immediate evaluation at the end of training and re-evaluation 6 months later. A written test, and the ultrasound image acquisition were required in the immediate evaluation The re-evaluation included the written test and performance on the same healthy volunteer.