ArticleCJEM2025
From "Airway scares me" to "I would say I'm pretty comfortable": quality improvement for reducing time to obtain equipment for adult advanced airway management in a rural emergency department.
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- Simulation-Based Education for Health Professionals in Rural and Remote Contexts in High-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.The Australian journal of rural health · 2026Article
- Connecting data science and translational simulation.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2026Article
- Reimagining simulation for quality and safety in healthcare: connecting paradigms, methods, and communities.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundManagement of the adult airway is one of the most stressful and time-critical procedures in emergency medicine. In the Cowichan District Hospital, a rural hospital in British Columbia, Emergency Department (ED) staff were uncomfortable with acquiring the equipment needed for adult advanced airway management and the mean length of time to acquire the equipment was 319 s. The aim of this quality improvement (QI) project was to decrease the time to obtain the equipment needed for adult advanced airway management by nurses and physicians in the Cowichan District Hospital ED to less than 90 s by May 2023.
methodsThe Institute for Healthcare Improvement model of improvement was used to reduce the amount of time required to obtain the equipment for adult difficult airway management in the ED, which was measured using a standardised tabletop simulation every 2 weeks. Change ideas included using a colour-coded airway cart and employing translational simulation. Qualitative interviews with emergency department staff after intubations of patients in the ED captured process measures by examining provider comfort.
resultsFrom December 2022 to May 2023, the mean time to obtain equipment for adult advanced airway management decreased from an initial value of 319 s to 76 s, a 76% improvement from the baseline. Qualitative interviews obtained pre-intervention, mid-intervention and post-intervention reflected themes of initial discomfort, shifting discomfort to comfort and finally to comfort.
conclusionThe change ideas of using a colour-coded airway cart and translational simulation were associated with a reduction in time to obtain equipment for management of the adult advanced airway as well as improved provider comfort with the procedure in a rural ED.
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