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Table 1 Summary of the simulation scenario

From: Managing patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support during the COVID-19 pandemic – a proposal for a nursing standard operating procedure

SCENARIO

 SETUP

An intubated patient with COVID-19 in the ICU isolation room

PROBLEM

Despite proper treatment and previous prone clinical status does not improve

TASK

The team needs to be able to:

A. implement VV ECMO

B. take care of patient to fulfil the 6-h nursing period including personnel change between “cold and hot zones”

C. daily nurse routine activity including ECMO therapy monitoring

D. intrahospital transportation

E. other actions during ECMO support