Simulation helps refine new medical guidelines ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 08:44 IST
Washington [US], January 29 (ANI): A new study from UT Southwestern s Department of Pediatrics has revealed that a viable way to quickly refine and educate new medical guidelines and educate hospital staff in new procedures is through simulation.
The findings published recently in the journal Pediatric Quality and Safety and originally shaped around new COVID-19-related pediatric resuscitation procedures at UTSW and Children s Health, could eventually be used to help implement other types of guidelines at medical centres nationwide.
For decades, U.S. hospitals have used the same standard procedures for CPR and intubation. But when the COVID-19 pandemic began early last year, some details of these procedures needed to change explains Blake E. Nichols, M.D., assistant professor of paediatrics at UTSW and a critical care physician at Children s Health.
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IMAGE: Study co-author Paige Volk, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern, lays underneath a clear plastic drape as part of a simulation exercise on intubation. view more
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DALLAS - Jan. 28, 2021 - Simulation can be a viable way to quickly evaluate and refine new medical guidelines and educate hospital staff in new procedures, a recent study from UT Southwestern s Department of Pediatrics shows. The findings, published recently in the journal
Pediatric Quality and Safety and originally shaped around new COVID-19-related pediatric resuscitation procedures at UTSW and Children s Health, could eventually be used to help implement other types of guidelines at medical centers nationwide.
The recent directives by Quebecâs Minister of Health entitled âPrioritization for access to adult intensive care in the extreme context of a pandemicâ and the plans of some hospitals to implement them demonstrates the abandonment of the âGood Samaritanâ model of caring for all people regardless of their medical condition.
These directives limit access to Intensive Care Unit (ICU)/critical care beds when a âsurcharge of capacityâ of 150% to 200% is reached for ICU beds.
In Step 3 only those with a 70% or more chance of recovery are admitted to the ICU. Those longer than 21 days on a ventilator and not showing clinical signs of improvement are unplugged to die.
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