Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
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Comparative Study
Comparison of intubation success of video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy in the difficult airway using high-fidelity simulation.
A number of devices, including video laryngoscopy, are used to aid in managing difficult airways. The goal of this study was to compare timing and success of video laryngoscopy to standard laryngoscopic intubation using a simulation mannequin in normal and difficult airway scenarios. ⋯ In the most difficult airway case, tongue edema, the video laryngoscope provided an enhanced view of the cords using less time, increased intubation success, and decreased the time to intubation.
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The use of team training programs is promising with regards to their ability to impact knowledge, attitudes, and behavior about team skills. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a simulation-based team training program called Obstetric Crisis Team Training Program (OBCTT) (based on the original training program of Crisis Team Training) framed within a multilevel team theoretical model. We hypothesized that participation in OBCTT would positively impact 10 variables: individual's knowledge (about team process and obstetric emergency care); confidence and competence in handling obstetric emergencies; and participant attitudes (toward the utility of a rapid response team, simulation technology as a teaching methodology, the utility of team skills in the workplace, comfort in assuming team roles; and individual and team performance). Improvement of objectively measured team performance in a simulated environment was also assessed. ⋯ The crisis team training model is applicable to obstetric emergencies. Trainees exhibit a positive change in attitude; perception of individual and team performance, and overall team performance in a simulated environment. The ability of individuals to accurately assess their performance improved as a result of training.
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Groups of evidence-based guidelines were developed into a comprehensive treatment bundle as part of an international-based Surviving Sepsis Campaign to improve treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock. Conventional educational strategies of this sepsis treatment "bundle" may not ensure acceptable knowledge or completion of these specific tasks and may overlook other dynamic factors present during critical moments of a crisis. Simulation using multidisciplinary teams of clinicians through mannequin-based simulations (MDMS) may improve "bundle" compliance by identifying sepsis guideline errors, reinforcing knowledge, and exposing other potential causes of poor performance. ⋯ Inadequate completion of the sepsis guideline tasks during the MDMS could not be explained by inadequate pretest knowledge alone. MDMS may be a useful tool in identifying and exploring these unknown factors.
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Comparative Study
The effect of high-fidelity simulation on educational outcomes in an advanced cardiovascular life support course.
The use of high-fidelity simulation has been studied in many healthcare education areas. However, the use of this instructional technology in the American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) course has not been extensively reported, despite this program being one of the most widely taught standardized medical courses in the United States. ⋯ Expert raters judged students in a high-fidelity simulation-based AHA ACLS course as more competent than students in a low-fidelity course. On item level analysis, items focused on manual tasks or actions in the first 1 to 2 minutes of the cardiac arrest event were more likely to be nonsignificant. As the scenario grew longer and more complex, expert rater scores of the high-fidelity trained team leaders' confidence, knowledge, and treatment decisions were higher than the low-fidelity team leaders' score at a statistically significant level.