The Center for Advanced Medical Simulation (CAMS) at Mount Sinai West has been training redeployed clinical staff (who have volunteered to help care for patients on the critical care units) on prone ventilation positioning for COVID-19 patients.
Proning improves lung functions—oxygen delivery and exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Redeployed medical staff include orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, anesthesiologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical and occupational therapists. Their willingness, keen interest, enormous energy and deep dedication to be there for our patients by these redeployed staff are evident.
The training program, overseen by Joseph Mathew, MD, who leads the Center for Advanced Medical Simulation and our Critical Care units, has been highly successful. Dr. Mathew implemented this training while running a busy intensive care unit during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. Thank you, Dr. Mathew, CAMS team and redeployed staff!
Submitted by Brian Miller, Director, Department of Marketing , Mount Sinai West
Priscilla Loanzon, Director, Simulation Education Center for Advanced Medical Simulation, Mount Sinai West