Using Human Patient Simulation to Improve Emergency Airway Management Safety in Post Anesthesia Nursing: A Pilot Project

摘要

Novice nurses who lack knowledge and experience in emergency airway management, a PACU core competency, are being assigned to the PACU. Human patient simulation was used to improve and validate PACU staff competency in emergency airway management using scripted training scenarios. The scripted training scenarios were conducted in the Sim Lab using a Medical Education Technologies, Inc. (METI)mannequin that responds physiologically to oxygen (or the lack thereof) and in the PACU using a portable, computer-programmed /reactive mannequin. Two qualitative research design instruments were used to investigate the perceived effectiveness. Eight nurses completed the training and returned the instruments. The pilot study to implement and evaluate an intervention to improve emergency airway management practices in the PACU has been deemed successful by KMC anesthesia management.