Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
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Process-oriented in situ simulation has been gaining widespread acceptance in the evaluation of the safety of new healthcare teams and facilities. In this article, we highlight learning points from our proactive use of in situ simulation as part of plan-do-study-act cycles to ensure operating room facility preparedness for COVID-19 outbreak. ⋯ Through this, we could refine our workflow and operating room setup to provide timely surgical interventions for potential COVID-19 patients in our hospital while keeping our staff and patients safe. Running a simulation may be time and resource intensive, but it is a small price to pay if it can help prevent disease spread in an outbreak.
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The International Network for Simulation-based Pediatric Innovation, Research, and Education co-hosted a novel research accelerator meeting with the International Pediatric Simulation Society in May of 2019 in Toronto. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together healthcare simulation scientists with resuscitation stakeholders to brainstorm strategies for accelerating progress in the science of saving pediatric lives from cardiac arrest. This was achieved by working in teams to draft targeted requests for proposals calling the research community to action investigating this topic. ⋯ An inspired donor supported an award for the second-place proposal as well, evidence of early research acceleration catalyzed from this conference. This article is a summary of the meeting rationale, format, and a description of the requests for proposals that emerged from the meeting. Our goal is to inspire other stakeholders to use this document that leverages simulation and resuscitation science expertise, as the framework to create their own funding opportunities, further accelerating pediatric resuscitation research, ultimately saving the lives of more children worldwide.