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SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE-JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR SIMULATION IN HEALTHCARE
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 78-79Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000523
Keywords
Ventilation; innovation; high-fidelity simulation; rapid prototyping
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- NCI NIH HHS [P30 CA008748] Funding Source: Medline
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Simulation testing of solutions for ventilator shortages, such as innovative designs to safely split ventilators and converting noninvasive ventilators to invasive ventilators, is crucial in identifying and improving problems before actual use, ensuring safety and effectiveness in real-world applications.
The COVID-19 pandemic threatened to overwhelm the medical system of New York City, and the threat of ventilator shortages was real. Using high-fidelity simulation, a variety of solutions were tested to solve the problem of ventilator shortages including innovative designs for safely splitting ventilators, converting noninvasive ventilators to invasive ventilators, and testing and improving of ventilators created by outside companies. Simulation provides a safe environment for testing of devices and protocols before use on patients and should be vital in the preparation for emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
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