Open AccessImplementation of Simulation Training During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Di Pan,
Kapil Rajwani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
simulation in healthcare
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.685
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1559-713X
pISSN - 1559-2332
DOI - 10.1097/sih.0000000000000535
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , simulation training , resource (disambiguation) , computer science , institution , surge capacity , training (meteorology) , health care , medical emergency , simulation , medicine , political science , virology , computer network , disease , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty) , meteorology , law , physics
Simulation played a critical role in our institution's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. With the rapid influx of critically ill patients, resource limitations, and presented safety concerns, simulation became a vital tool that provided solutions to the many challenges we faced. In this article, we describe how simulation training was deployed at our institution throughout the course of the pandemic, which included the period of our medical surge. Simulation helped refine protocols, facilitate practice changes, uncover safety gaps, and train redeployed healthcare workers in unfamiliar roles. We also discuss the obstacles we encountered with implementing simulations during the pandemic, the measures we took to adapt to our limitations, and the simulation strategies and end products that were derived from these adaptations.