Developing and Testing a Protocol for Managing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation of Patients with Suspected or Confirmed COVID-19: In Situ Simulation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resuscitating patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 imposes unique challenges to organizations and code blue teams. Studies that applied the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19-related Interim Resuscitation Guideline and similar European guidelines are scarce.

Objective

This study aimed to develop and test a cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol based on the AHA COVID-19-related Interim Resuscitation Guideline.

Methods

The study was conducted as an in situ simulation in a medical intensive care unit. The COVID-19 cardiopulmonary resuscitation protocol was created and validated by 11 health care team members and tested using 4 simulation sessions where 46 code blue team members participated. During the simulation, we observed role clarity, the

SUBMITTER: Sowan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9205423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature