Judges

Requirements

Judging at this event requires people who are medically trained at a minimum. Having experience in emergency services or having competed before would be preferable. 

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What Judges Do

Judges will meet with teams, give them the scenario when the head judges start the scenario, and give them notes at specific times during the scenario. Judges will mark score sheets when teams complete items and give feedback to the responder teams when they ask questions or do their assessments.

The Judge's Day

We ask judges to come early to the competition so that they can meet with head judges and learn the scenario they are about to evaluate. We have breakfast items and coffee available for judges. 

Judges are split up between the three scenarios. They are then split up again into groups of judge 1s and judge 2s. Judge 1 and judge 2s are paired and assigned to a station. Last year we will had 6 stations - that is 6 teams coming and running the same scenario at the same time. We ask that all judge 1s get together (and all the judge 2s) and go through the scenario point by point so there is an understanding of how they interpret the score sheet. We want teams to get the same response from any set of judges. We don't want them to get different stories from one station that they wouldn't have gotten from a different station. If what is written doesn't make sense, talk to the head judges and come to an agreement about how you will interpret it. It is more important that you be on the same page than for you to stick to what was printed. Specific items can be given more weight or less weight in the scoring spreadsheet - this can also be a fix (this works best if you find out about a misinterpretation midway through the competition).

Scenarios are 20 minutes so we have 20 minutes between the start of rounds. This is a good time to get a drink or run to the bathroom.

When the competition ends, you should check with your Head Judge to get your CEU certificate and make sure we have all the scoring sheets from you.  If you are able to stay, you could help clean up your scenario location. We need to pull up tape, take down signs, and return furniture. But if you need to leave, we understand and appreciate your help with judging!

Score Sheets

Score sheets are designed to be objective - did the team do the thing or not? Judge 1 and judge 2 will have different score sheets - the score sheets are specific for their patient. This makes less paper to page through. You will have notes to give that relate to your patient. You need to be on top of the triggering criteria of when to give those notes--it is usually a time. The head judges will call out times during the scenario and tell you to give notes. Teams have had judges who never gave them notes that they were supposed to get - we don't want that to happen.

Scenario Breakdown PDF: Here is a scoring sheet PDF that is marked up and is annotated to explain how things are used and why we include them.

Scenario Breakdown Video: Here is a video where I page through a scenario sheet and explain how things are used and why we include them.