Upcoming Grand Rounds

Speaker: Dr. Katie Gourlay, PGY3 FRCPC
Moderator: Dr. Michael Szava-Kovatz

Title: Airway aftermath: Improving post-intubation care and handover of critically ill patients in the ED
Description:    We will review a case of a right mainstem intubation with delayed correction during a resuscitation of a critically ill patient. We will discuss the systems factors that contributed to this outcome and how we can improve our post-intubation care and handover processes between the ED and other services. 
- Post-intubation best-practices are not clearly defined in Calgary ED's
- Patient transfer and handover between the ED and ICU is an inherently vulnerable time in patient care 
- Proposed interventions to improve post-intubation care between the ED and ICU include revised nursing handover templates, EMR guided prompts and the implementation of a post-intubation pause.              

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