Simulation for COVID-19 emergency preparedness
Simulation resource personnel from across the country are now being called upon to run in situ simulations in their own hospitals and to prepare and ensure that staff have the right viral protection, as well the correct treatment of COVID-19 patients.
So that techniques and experience can be shared in the current situation, we will take responsibility for collecting and sharing actions and scenarios used by health professionals from across Norway and publish these on www.safer.net under the auspices of RegSim Vest and SAFER.
Please contact Liv Norland: liv.norland@safer.net, or Sigrun Qvindesland: saqv@sus.no
ARTICLES
Peer-reviewed articles
Care for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19
Srinivas Murthy, MD, CM, MHSc; Charles D. Gomersall, MBBS; Robert A. Fowler,MD, CM, MSc. JAMA Published online March 11, 2020.
COVID-19 crisis, safe reopening of simulation centres and the new normal: food for thought
Pier Luigi Ingrassia, Giorgio Capogna, Cristina Diaz-Navarro, Demian Szyld, Stefania Tomola & Esther Leon-Castelao. Advances in Simulation volume 5, Article number: 13 (2020)
Hospital surge capacity in a tertiary emergency referral centre during the COVID‐19 outbreak in Italy
Carenzo, L., Costantini, E., Greco, M., Barra, F.L., Rendiniello, V., Mainetti, M., Bui, R., Zanella, A., Grasselli, G., Lagioia, M., Protti, A. and Cecconi, M. (2020), Anaesthesia. doi:10.1111/anae.15072
Intubation of SARS patients: infection and perspectives of healthcare workers
Karen M. Caputo et al. CAN J ANESTH 2006, 53: 2,122–129
Preparing for a COVID-19 pandemic: a review of operating room outbreak response measures in a large tertiary hospital in Singapore
Wong, J., Goh, Q. Y., Tan, Z., Lie, S. A., Tay, Y. C., Ng, S. Y., & Soh, C. R. (2020). Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 67(6), 732–745.
Preparing your intensive care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic- practical considerations and strategies
Ken Junyang Goh1, Jolin Wong, Jong-Chie Claudia Tien, Shin Yi Ng, Sewa Duu Wen, Ghee Chee Phua and Carrie Kah-Lai Leong
Simulation as a tool for assessing and evolving your current personal protective equipment: lessons learned during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
Lockhart, S. L., Naidu, J. J., Badh, C. S., & Duggan, L. V. (2020). Canadian journal of anaesthesia, 1–2. Advance online publication.
Surviving Sepsis Campaign: Guidelines on the Management of Critically Ill Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Waleed Alhazzani et al. European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the Society of Critical Care Medicine 2020
The use of simulation to prepare and improve responses to infectious disease outbreaks like COVID-19: practical tips and resources from Norway, Denmark, and the UK
Peter Dieckmann, Kjetil Torgeirsen, Sigrun Anna Qvindesland, Libby Thomas, Verity Bushell & Hege Langli Ersdal
Use of in situ simulation to evaluate the operational readiness of a high-consequence infectious disease intensive care unit
Fregene TE, Nadarajah P, Buckley JF, Bigham S, Nangalia V. Anaesthesia. 2020;75(6):733‐738. doi:10.1111/anae.15048 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.15048
Goverment organizations ( reports and recommendations)
Non-government organizations (reports and recommendations)
ANZICS-COVID-19-Guidelines
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) COVID-19 Guidelines. Version 1.
Consensus statement: Safe Airway Society principles of airway management and tracheal intubation specific to the COVID-19 adult patient group
Coronavirus-scenario-planning-HCAB-2020
12 situations hospital leaders should prepare for
Essential tips for creating and conducting simulation scenarios in the clinical environment during the Covid-19 epidemic (april 2020)
Rapid Large-Scale Training During COVID Pandemic: All In This Together
Recommendations from hospitals
Just in time training (JITT) with rapid turnaround Simulations for COVID19
Materials and scenarios as developed and amended during week of 9/3/20 in response to
rapidly evolving clinical situation, from Kings College Hospital, Kings Clinical Training. NHS Foundation trust.
Other articles
Preparing and responding to 2019 novel coronavirus with simulation and technology-enhanced learning for healthcare professionals: challenges and opportunities in China
Li L, et al. BMJ Stel Month 2020
E-LEARNING
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/training/online-training
In order to assist UN country teams in scaling up country preparedness and response to COVID-19, WHO has developed these learning modules as a companion to the Operational Planning Guidelines to Support Country Preparedness and Response.
SCENARIOS
Cardiac arrest training on a COVID-19 patient on the ward
Treat COVID-19 cardiac arrest patient according to resuscitation algorithm, as a team and identify infection prevention measures.
Chest pains with pre-hospital confirmed COVID-19
Use of viral protective equipment in a clinical, pre-hospital treatment situation (dependent upon skills training in practical use of equipment before simulation).
COVID-19 skills and simulation guide (Cardiff & Vale Trust)
Pre-sim learning materials, plan and scenarios, PPE (Pers.Protective Equipt.), Intubation, Cardiac Arrest and Resilience
1. COVID-19 @ CaVHB, pre-sim learning materials March 2020
2. COVID-19 @ CaVHB session plan and scenarios March 2020
3. COVID-19 @ CaVHB, PPE, March 2020
4.COVID-19 @ CaVHB, intubation, March 2020
5. COVID-19 @ CaVHB, cardiac arrest and resilience, March 2020
Critically ill adult with Corona infection
Simulation case including: medical emergency dispatchers, ambulance, volunteer standardized patient,
and Critically Ill Medical team.
Psychiatric clinic simulation
Receiving a patient with, or suspected of having, Corona infection.
Receiving a suspected COVID-19 patient
Receiving a suspected Covid-19 patient in accordance with procedure, with main emphasis on using ABCDE examination methodology
and aintain correct protective measure in accordance with appropriate procedures.
Severe novel COVID-19 infection
Simulator based scenario, Respiratory Treatment and Triage to Admission
ShadowBox
The method is designed to train a large number of participants in decision-making prior to simulation training.
– How to create ShadowBox scenarios
– ShadowBox template.pptx
Sick child from COVID-19 family, 7 months old
Identify irregularities in patient status and treat according to best practice, infection transmission prevention in emergency situations, and collaboration, with clear leadership, in order to treat the patient.
Suspected novel COVID-19 infection
Simulator based scenario, Standard Precautions and Triage
Trauma simulation scenario for suspected Covid-19
Simulation involving receiving a trauma patient with suspected Covid virus infection
Team leader training for ward charge nurses during increased activity due to COVID-19
Motivate nurses in taking a sufficient lead and having staff capable of taking quick decisions.
Walk-in patient infected with COVID-19 arrives at hospital reception
Maintain own safety during the handling of infected patients. Follow hospital procedure.
OTHER RESOURCES
British Columbia, Canada
COVID-19 simulation site with scenarios, tips, checklists for in situ sim etc.
Simulation Center of Univ. of Chicago
Webinar mm. https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/uic-sail-simulation-webinars-weekly/
Society for Simulation in Healthcare
The Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSIH.org).
https://www.ssih.org/Professional-Development/Online-Learning/SimSeries-Webinars
