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Training non‐intensivist doctors to work with COVID‐19 patients in intensive care units

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Due to an expected surge of COVID‐19 patients in need of mechanical ventilation, the intensive care capacity was doubled at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, in March 2020. This resulted in an urgent… Click to show full abstract

Due to an expected surge of COVID‐19 patients in need of mechanical ventilation, the intensive care capacity was doubled at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, in March 2020. This resulted in an urgent need for doctors with competence in working with critically ill COVID‐19 patients. A training course and a theoretical test for non‐intensivist doctors were developed. The aims of this study were to gather validity evidence for the theoretical test and explore the effects of the course.

Keywords: covid patients; intensivist doctors; non intensivist; intensive care; training non

Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2021

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