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A Novel Rescue Technique for Difficult Intubation and Difficult Ventilation
Published on: January 17, 2011
Compassionate extubation protocol to improve team communication and support in the neonatal intensive care unit
Kelsey Donoho1, Mallory Fossa2,3, Sarah Dabagh2,4
1Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. kelseydonohomd@gmail.com.
Objective:
Compassionate extubation (CE) can be stressful for staff and families in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Our quality improvement initiative developed and implemented a novel symptom management and family support checklist and post-debriefing template to improve team communication and staff support.
Study Design:
An interprofessional team performed a needs assessment, determined key drivers and intervention steps, and implemented changes using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles. Outcomes included nursing perception of good communication with the medical team, nursing assessment of patient comfort after CE, and frequency of post-event debrief. Outcomes were analyzed using time series design with 12 months baseline data and 6 months post-implementation monitoring.
Result:
Eighteen events were studied. Respondents endorsing "good" communication with the medical team increased by 60%, and debrief participation rate improved by 96%.
Conclusion:
Implementation of a CE checklist and post-event debriefing sheet was associated with increased rate of debriefs and improved team communication.
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