Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
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As educators, we are charged with preparing emergency medicine residents for successfully intubating patients with even the most troublesome anatomy. This situation is encountered during the intubation of patients with angioedema. These patients are uncommon in the emergency department, and as a result, it is difficult to ensure that each resident is well trained in this intubation scenario before graduation. ⋯ Participants included 29 emergency medicine residents, with participants from all year groups. In response to the statement, "The angioedema model was high fidelity," 12 residents strongly agreed, whereas the remaining respondents agreed. In response to the statement, "The angioedema model was a good training model for angioedema," 13 residents strongly agreed, whereas the remaining respondents agreed. When solicited for comments on the model, one participant wrote, "Awesome opportunity, I will be markedly less terrified when I get an angioedema/anaphylaxis case."We have developed an angioedema training model using air insufflation in a fresh frozen cadaver. Our participants uniformly expressed positive impressions of both the fidelity and training quality of this model.