Inappropriately Firing Defibrillator: A Simulation Case for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT: Introduction:Emergency physicians must be able to manage inappropriately firing defibrillators. Many physicians may not experience this high-risk, low-frequency patient presentation during residency. We created this simulation to increase residents' knowledge of basic defibrillator function and confidence in managing patients with malfunctioning defibrillators. Methods:Sixteen emergency medicine residents of all levels of training participated in this curriculum. The educational experience began with a lecture. Residents then managed the simulated patient encounter in groups of four. The patient was a 63-year-old male presenting after feeling his defibrillator fire. He was found to have a supraventricular tachycardia with an inappropriately firing defibrillator. Learners needed to recogniz

SUBMITTER: Thorpe RL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6415004 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature