Simulation As A Tool For Assessing And Evolving Your Current Personal Protective Equipment: Lessons Learned During The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Lockhart, Shannon L.; Naidu, Justen J.; Badh, Charanjit S.; Duggan, Laura V.

To the Editor

We believe that protection of the well-being of healthcare providers while maintaining a workforce sufficient to respond to the coronavirus disease (COVID19) are fundamental to pandemic planning. In this letter, we describe how our hospital used low-fidelity airway simulation to assess and evolve the personal protective equipment (PPE) used for airway management of patients with COVID-19.

Keywords

Clinical aspects, diagnosis, treatment