Table 1

Answer grid: for each of the cases, please mark with an X an appropriate combination of dose and route for adrenaline (if any) which you would administer

AdrenalineBolus IVSlow IVIMSub cutNebulised
10 mL 1:10 000
1 mL 1:10 000
1 mL 1:1000
0.5 mL 1:1000
0.3 mL 1:1000
None
  • Participants were also asked for the following personal information: stage of training (Foundation Year 1 or 2), whether they had previously worked in an emergency department, and whether they had completed the advanced life support course or equivalent. ‘Correct’ answers were not available to trainees until after the study had been completed and data analysed.

  • IM, intramuscular; IV, intravenous; sub cut, subcutaneous.