Table 1 List of tasks depicted on individual cards in the Momento card sort

Generic tasks

 1. Check blood availability

 2. Check for optimal patient positioning on table

 3. Initiate sign in

 4. Administer anaesthesia induction drugs

 5. Perform a rapid sequence induction

 6. Ensure appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis

 7. Insert urinary catheter

 8. Initiate time out

 9. Make surgical incision

 10. Ensure patient warming devices in place

 11. Ensure TED stockings and calf compressors on

 12. Monitor ongoing blood loss

 13. Organise bed space in PACU (Post-anaesthesia care unit)

 14. Close incision

 15. Check drains are turned on

 16. Confirm estimated blood loss

 17. Initiate sign out

 18. Provide handover on intraoperative events to PACU staff

Scenario specific tasks

  Laparotomy for an abdominal stab injury (knife in situ) (scenario 1)

 19. Inform intensive care unit

 20. Remove knife from abdomen

  Laparotomy for a perforated viscus (scenario 2)

 19. Locate site of perforation

 20. Fashion stoma