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Table 2 Barriers & facilitators to implementation of novel airway management practices

From: Characterizing intubation practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey of the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) sites

 

Responses*

(N = 23)

Barriers, n (%)

 

 Lack of group consensus as to the best approach

10 (43)

 Physical supplies not organized adequately for use during intubation

6 (26)

 Lack of a single institutional authority on intubation

6 (26)

 Lack of adequate dissemination of revised airway practices

5 (22)

 Physical supplies not available

4 (17)

Facilitators, n (%)

 

 A local clinical simulation program

16 (70)

 A local quality improvement program

11 (48)

 Access to free open-access content on new intubation protocols

11 (48)

 Departmental presence of a knowledge translation specialist

9 (39)

 An electronic knowledge translation tool (i.e., wiki, blog)

2 (9)

  1. *Respondents were asked to select all that apply, columns will not sum to 100%
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BMC Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1471-227X

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