RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Simulation skill labs to support informal caregivers who care for patients requiring mechanical ventilation at home
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP PA3145
DO 10.1183/13993003.congress-2018.PA3145
VO 52
IS suppl 62
A1 Annamaria Bagnasco
A1 Milko Zanini
A1 Giuseppe Aleo
A1 Gianluca Catania
A1 Loredana Sasso
YR 2018
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/52/suppl_62/PA3145.abstract
AB Introduction: Informal caregivers are often overwhelmed by the burden of dealing with patients with complex disorders, such as those requiring mechanical ventilation. Simulation skill labs (Laschinger, S. et al. Int J Evid Based Healthc 2008; 6:278-302) help caregivers to manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation at home.Aims and objectives: Increase informal caregivers’ ability to manage patients requiring mechanical ventilation at home.Methods: After analyzing the skills gaps, we identified the topics for the simulation skill sessions. At the end, participants completed a questionnaire on their experience. Section one of the questionnaire focused on the importance of the topics; section two focused on the quality of training methods and trainers, who were physicians and nurses. Section three involved the assessment of their decision to take part in simulation sessions. A six-point Likert scale was used to measure satisfaction.Results: The respondents were 99. High scores were obtained for the quality of the education, underlining appropriateness of teaching, materials, and technology. Also teaching effectiveness scored positively, confirming the appropriateness of the methodology used. High scores related to their decision to take part in this course confirmed that educational expectations had been met.Conclusions: Informal caregivers were very satisfied with the simulated skill labs, and wanted to repeat them in the future. This suggests that simulation lab sessions should be provided to all informal caregivers on a routine basis.FootnotesCite this article as: European Respiratory Journal 2018 52: Suppl. 62, PA3145.This is an ERS International Congress abstract. No full-text version is available. Further material to accompany this abstract may be available at www.ers-education.org (ERS member access only).