{"title":"Simulation Wars: A Competition to Increase Participation in Emergency Manuals Simulation Training and a Novel Tool for Rating Simulation Competitions","authors":"Jeffrey Huang, K. Nguyen, Chunyuan Zhang, Wei Zheng, Zuhua Rao, Jian Ma, Yanwen Wu, Jinfan Liu, Mian Wu, Hui Zhong, Zhuang Yu","doi":"10.24015/JAPM.2018.0095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/JAPM.2018.0095","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Emergency Manuals (EMs) are valuable tools to guide healthcare professionals during anesthesia-related emergencies that require prompt diagnosis and effective treatment. Its use has been shown to improve simulated and actual patient outcomes in various operating room (OR) critical scenarios. However, integration of EMs into the standard practice of OR crises has been particularly challenging. Methods: The Simulation Wars was a competition created in China to increase awareness of EMs, the use of EMs among multidisciplinary teams, and to promote health care professional participation in EM simulation training. Each participant completed a post-competi-tion questionnaire detailing their opinions about the event. A novel scoring system was created and tested for use in simulation competitions. Results: Ninety-three percent of participants agreed that this competition could enhance the participation of simulation training in multidisciplinary health professionals and that they would continue participating in their hospital simulation training. The novel scoring system exhibited high internal consistency and good reliability. There is a strong positive correlation between the judges ’ score and the participants ’ score as R = 0.862, P = 0.013. Conclusion: The Simulation Wars can increase participants ’ understanding of how and why to use EMs, and enhance participation of multidisciplinary teams. The scoring system created for the competition has shown good reliability and justifies further development and evaluation. ABSTRACT","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"56 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91319668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Routine Application of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in the Positioning of Double-Lumen Endobronchial Tube","authors":"Liu-jing Zhang, Huiping Li, Chaoran Wu","doi":"10.24015/JAPM.2018.0091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/JAPM.2018.0091","url":null,"abstract":"This is an open-access article, published by Evidence Based Communications (EBC). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format for any lawful purpose.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. From the Department of Anesthesiology, Laboratory of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Translational Neuroscience Center, West-China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85769997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transversus Abdominis Plane Block for Postoperative Pain Relief after Abdominal Surgery","authors":"Yi Zhao, Jing-Kui Yan, Xiangdong Chen","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0093","url":null,"abstract":"This is an open-access article, published by Evidence Based Communications (EBC). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format for any lawful purpose.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. From the Department of Anesthesiology, Union Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75774071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Ranganathan, Matthew B. Ellison, Justin Lee, M. Vallejo, Hong Wang
{"title":"Role of Ultrasound in Pediatric Anesthesia","authors":"P. Ranganathan, Matthew B. Ellison, Justin Lee, M. Vallejo, Hong Wang","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0094","url":null,"abstract":"This is an open-access article, published by Evidence Based Communications (EBC). This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format for any lawful purpose.To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. From the Department of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, WV, USA.","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85329551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heart Failure: Mechanisms, Treatment, and Anesthesia Management","authors":"X. Ren, W. Gao","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0074","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83774529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jason W. Gatling, D. Ramsingh, J. Horricks, R. Lauer, S. Brauer, Johnthan Debooy, C. Mascetti, R. Applegate
{"title":"Blood Conservation Using Tranexamic Acid versus Epsilon Aminocaproic Acid in Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial","authors":"Jason W. Gatling, D. Ramsingh, J. Horricks, R. Lauer, S. Brauer, Johnthan Debooy, C. Mascetti, R. Applegate","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76623812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Gregory, J. Appoo, Natalia Acero-Martinez, E. Herget, A. Cheung
{"title":"Evolving Concepts in the Perioperative Management of Acute Stanford Type-A Aortic Dissection","authors":"A. Gregory, J. Appoo, Natalia Acero-Martinez, E. Herget, A. Cheung","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0075","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0075","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87322357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Do Anesthesiologists Add Value to the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program?","authors":"Jiapeng Huang","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0073","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0073","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74981463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mingqiang Li, Longqiu Yang, LiWen Zhou, Jasmine Liu, Srikant Patel, Henry Liu
{"title":"Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Measurement: Where Are We Now?","authors":"Mingqiang Li, Longqiu Yang, LiWen Zhou, Jasmine Liu, Srikant Patel, Henry Liu","doi":"10.24015/japm.2018.0076","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24015/japm.2018.0076","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15018,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine","volume":"565 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77258335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}