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Tracheal intubation of a patient with COVID-19 is a high-risk procedure for not only the patient, but all healthcare workers involved, leading to an understandable degree of staff anxiety. We used simulation to help train airway managers to intubate patients with COVID-19. Based on action cards developed by our department, we designed a series of scenarios to simulate airway management during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teams were asked to perform a rapid sequence induction with tracheal intubation. We designed in situ scenarios with low-fidelity manikins that could be set up in operating theatres across multiple sites. Over a period of 4 weeks, 101 consultant anaesthetists, 58 anaesthetic trainees and 30 operating department practitioners received intubation training. These members made up the airway response team of our hospital. 30 emergency department doctors also received training in anticipation of further COVID-19 surges leading to the possibility of overwhelmed services. Simulation-based training was an invaluable tool for our hospital to rapidly upskill medical professionals during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have used feedback and additional guidelines to improve our scenarios to retrain staff during subsequent waves.

Developing a simulation programme to train airway management during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary-level hospital