The Design and Validation of a Clinical Simulation Scenario in the Management of a Cardiac Arrest during Hemodialysis Session

Abstract

The teaching of a complex content such as the managing of a Cardio-Respi - ratory Arrest should not be executed on real patients by means of assisted practice, for there is an elevated risk of unfavorable outcome. Based on that, the simulation is a n excellent teaching strategy to that end. Methods : Methodological studies, descriptive, of quantitative approach for the design and validation of a realistic Clinical Simulations Scenario performing two steps, namely: 1) designing a clinical simulation scenario, and 2) validation of the clinical simulation scenario’s content by judges. Results : A scenario was designed and validated for the teaching and improvement of the CRA management in patients during a hemodialysis session. Conclusion : The study succeeded in designing and validating the content of a Clinical Simulation Scenario with teaching or improvement purposes, for students from the health academic field, on managing a CRA in specific situations, which demand proper knowledge for action, on a CRA case, during hemodialysis session. This study contributes to the improvement of teaching and assisting students from the health academic field, for presenting a Clinical Simulation Scenario with its content validated: for being of simple implementation to teachers and facilitators; for taking the most actual and reliable scientific evidences into account; as well as for enabling its adaptation and usage in other contexts, since it has a script of how the design and validation w ere conceived, favoring the spreading of the scientific knowledge in this scope.