Open AccessA Developing Nation’s Experience in Using Simulation-Based Training as a Preparation Tool for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak
Author(s) -
Pui San Loh,
Sook Hui Chaw,
Ina Ismiarti Shariffuddin,
Ching Choe Ng,
Carolyn Chue Wai Yim,
Noorjahan Haneem Md Hashim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005264
Subject(s) - medicine , debriefing , personal protective equipment , preparedness , health care , thematic analysis , pandemic , medical education , workload , outbreak , simulation training , covid-19 , medical emergency , nursing , disease , qualitative research , simulation , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , engineering , pathology , sociology , political science , computer science , law , economics , economic growth , operating system , virology
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected and overwhelmed many health care systems around the world at an unprecedented speed and magnitude with devastating effects. In developing nations, smaller hospitals were unprepared to face this outbreak nor had strategies in place to do so at the beginning. Here, we describe the preparation in an anesthetic department using simulation-based training over 2 weeks, as the number of cases rose rapidly.