In April, physicians from The Ottawa Hospital brought three days of COVID-19 education to the Kemptville District Hospital through the Community Emergency Medicine Outreach (CEMO) Program.
As hospitals throughout the region continue to deal with the third wave of the pandemic, it’s important that emergency department staff have the confidence, skills and systems to treat critically ill patients with safety. CEMO simulations provided local doctors and nurses with hands-on practice of high stakes intubation and cardiac arrest cases. The team focused on resuscitation skills, team communication and pandemic adaptations, all in local community emergency departments.
“Having this in-situ with the equipment and staff we normally work with helped us identify systemic concerns. Practising as a team was also a really effective part of the program,” said a CEMO simulation participant.
The CEMO Program was awarded a TOHAMO Innovation Fund grant in 2008. The program expanded last year to offer new CEMO Virtual and CEMO Sim education programs.
Dr. Marianne Yeung is the director of the CEMO Program and an emergency physician at TOH. Special thanks to Program Administrator Erika Donnelly, Simulation Educator Dr. Lindsey McMurray and community partners for their invaluable collaborations.
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