Open AccessCritical Care Simulation Education Program During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Evan Leibner,
Elvera L. Baron,
Ronak Shah,
Yoland F. Philpotts,
Divya Sreeramoju,
Yasir Jawaid,
Anthony DeVivo,
Samuel Acquah,
Jean Hsieh,
Umesh Gidwani,
Andrew B. Leibowitz,
Daniel Katz,
Roopa KohliSeth
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of patient safety
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1549-8425
pISSN - 1549-8417
DOI - 10.1097/pts.0000000000000928
Subject(s) - pandemic , health care , medicine , anesthesiology , multidisciplinary approach , covid-19 , medical emergency , nursing , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , political science , pathology , anesthesia , law
Coronaviruses are important emerging human and animal pathogens. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is responsible for the current global pandemic. Early in the course of the pandemic, New York City became one of the world's "hot spots" with more than 250,000 cases and more than 15,000 deaths. Although medical providers in New York were fortunate to have the knowledge gained in China and Italy before it came under siege, the magnitude and severity of the disease were unprecedented and arguably under appreciated. The surge of patients with significant COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm health care systems, as New York City health systems realized that the number of specialized critical care providers would be inadequate. A large academic medical system recognized that rapid redeployment of noncritical providers into such roles would be needed. An educational gap was therefore identified: numerous providers with minimal critical care knowledge or experience would now be required to provide critical-level patient care under supervision of intensivists. Safe provision of such high level of patient care mandated the development of "educational crash courses."