A is for Airway: An Interprofessional Simulation Event to Re-Establish the Importance of Communication

Cindi Dabney; Michael Carter; Dwayne Accardo; Nancy Appling; Michael J Herr

A is for Airway: An Interprofessional Simulation Event to Re-Establish the Importance of Communication

AANA J. 2022 Oct;90(5):343-346.

Authors

Cindi Dabney¹, Michael Carter², Dwayne Accardo³, Nancy Appling⁴, Michael J Herr⁵

Affiliations

¹ is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Florida, College of Nursing, Nurse Anesthesia Program, Tampa,Florida. Email: [email protected].
² is an Emeritus Distinguished University Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee.
³ is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁴ is an Instructor (retired) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁵ is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology at the University of Alabama, Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.

PMID: 36173791

Abstract

Establishing an airway in the operating room is an interdisciplinary activity that requires focus of all participants. An interprofessional simulation event was designed to reestablish the importance of this OR event for student registered nurse anesthetists and registered nurse first assists.

Keywords: Clinical simulation; complex intubation; interdisciplinary care.

MeSH terms

Communication
Humans
Interprofessional Relations*
Nurse Anesthetists
Operating Rooms
Students, Nursing*