Feasibility of trauma video review for the collection of medication-related information for research and quality improvement

Disclaimer: In an effort to expedite the publication of articles, AJHP is posting manuscripts online as soon as possible after acceptance. Accepted manuscripts have been peer-reviewed and copyedited, but are posted online before technical formatting and author proofing. These manuscripts are not the final version of record and will be replaced with the final article (formatted per AJHP style and proofed by the authors) at a later time.

Purpose: Trauma video review (TVR) involves reviewing video recordings of team-based trauma response to evaluate team performance, identify improvement opportunities, and assess procedures, but the feasibility of using TVR to gather medication-related information is unknown. We aimed to assess the feasibility of using TVR for data collection of medication-related variables for research and quality improvement by comparing and describing differences between TVR and electronic medical record (EMR) review.

Methods: This was an observational study of level I/II trauma patients treated between November 2022 and March 2023. Patients with video recording started within 1 minute of arrival, at least 1 medication administered, and with pharmacist participation in care were included. The number of variables able to be collected by TVR or EMR review were compared and reported in the categories of medication administration, indicators of adverse drug events (ADEs), medication errors, and communication. The numbers and types of discrepancies between data collection modalities were quantified and described. Agreement between TVR and EMR review was assessed and reported as an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC).

Results: Twenty-five patients were included; 758 and 1,011 variables collected by TVR and EMR review, respectively. In total, 689 variables were collected by both methods, and data collection modalities matched exactly in 4 of 25 patients (16%); ICC, 0.677 (moderate level of agreement). There were 46 (6.7%) discrepancies; 84% involved communication related variables. TVR missed more variables than EMR review, mostly medication errors and inability to assess ADEs but captured more communication-related variables.

Conclusion: TVR and EMR review together offer a greater source of medication-related information for data collection compared to either alone. EMR review collected medication administration, ADE, and medication errors variables more often than TVR and TVR was better able to collect communication-related variables. When designing studies/quality improvement efforts related to medication use during trauma resuscitation (e.g., pharmacist impact on time to administration), combined data collection modalities should be used, when available.