It Takes a Village: Developing an Airway Management Bundle to Standardize Emergent Intubation Processes in the Emergency Department

Authors

James Sacca, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Daniel Casey Kim, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Dimitri Papanagnou, MD, MPH, EdD(c), Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

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Description

Problem Definition

Airway management is at the core of emergent patient care. Emergent intubations in the Emergency Department (ED) at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) have been noted by staff to be variable and not standardized. Staff have also described that equipment tends to be difficult to locate during intubations.

There is no objective data to confirm these claims. Furthermore, there is no bundle in place to guide emergent intubations in the ED.

Our team sought immediate actions to improve ED airway processes.

Publication Date

6-6-2019

City

Philadelphia

Keywords

quality improvement, intubation, emergency department, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences

Comments

Presented at the 2019 House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference

Recommended Citation

Sacca, MD, James; Kim, MD, Daniel Casey; and Papanagnou, MD, MPH, EdD(c), Dimitri, "It Takes a Village: Developing an Airway Management Bundle to Standardize Emergent Intubation Processes in the Emergency Department" (2019). House Staff Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2016-2019). Poster 145.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/patientsafetyposters/145