Gregory K Yurasek, Justine Fortkiewicz, Christina Duelley, Leah Arold, Cara Pleau, Ashley Park, Isabella Greenberg, Asha S Payne, Paige Mass, James E Bost, Guillermo Herrera, John Wesley Diddle, Murfad Peer, Can Yerebakan
BACKGROUND: Since 2013, the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) at Children's National has conducted annual extracorporeal membrane oxygenation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) simulations that focus on team dynamics, room setup, and high-quality CPR. In 2019 and 2020, the simulations were expanded to include the surgical and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) teams in an effort to better understand and improve this process. METHODS: During a 4-week period in 2019, 7 peripheral ECPR simulations were conducted, and through a 3-week period in 2020, 7 central ECPR simulations were conducted...
November 2, 2022: Simulation in Healthcare: Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare