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Development of Airway Hemorrhage Simulation Scenarios With Pilot of an Airway Team Leader Assessment Tool.

Schloss D, Estock JL, Ashjaei A, Mikolic JM, El-Kouri N, Elias ME, Lara-Gutierrez J, Eibling DE, Duran HT, Alfaras-Melainis K, Emlet LL. Development of Airway Hemorrhage Simulation Scenarios With Pilot of an Airway Team Leader Assessment Tool. Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2024 Aug 16.

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Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: Airway hemorrhage requires rapid treatment to prevent adverse patient outcomes. Simulation education programs are challenged to recreate learning environments with adequate fidelity for team management of airway hemorrhage. METHODS: We developed Airway Hemorrhage Simulation Scenarios consisting of low-cost partial-task simulators to mimic airway hemorrhage (nasopharyngeal, oropharyngeal, expanding neck hematoma) and multiple methods to assess team leader performance in emergent airway management [Airway Team Leader Assessment Tool (ATLAT), Airway Checklist Performance, and Global Performance Rating]. We assigned trainees in Emergency Medicine (EM) and Critical Care (CC) sequentially to 1 of the 3 possible hemorrhage scenarios, and each trainee participated in a single 1-hour session composed of 3 repeated opportunities of deliberate practice of the assigned scenario. We assessed the trainees after session 1 and session 3 with independent expert evaluators of trainee performance using the ATLAT, Airway Checklist Performance, and Global Performance Rating. RESULTS: We collected data on 26 trainees: 19 EM residents [postgraduate year (PGY) 1-3] and 7 CC fellows (PGY 4-7). Trainees had significant improvement for all ATLAT domain measures, Airway Checklist Total Score, and Global Performance Rating between session 1 and session 3. CONCLUSIONS: Our pilot evaluation suggests that deliberate practice of Airway Hemorrhage Simulation Scenarios improves airway team leader performance from multiple disciplines in managing high-acuity, low-occurrence airway hemorrhage.





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