Unplanned Extubation Activism
As champions for airway safety and prevention of Unplanned Extubation, there are five things you can do to improve airway safety and help us move toward our goal of zero preventable deaths from Unplanned Extubation.
Step 1
Do an assessment
Ask the question: Are you adequately tracking UE? If the answer is YES, then find out what is your rate of UE? If it is zero, then you must share your best practices with Securisyn and others, so we can close the gap. If your rate is not zero, then determine where you fall on the performance range relative to benchmark and use that information to increase awareness within your hospital.
Step 2
Schedule a meeting
Armed with the information you have obtained, meet with your C-suite leadership team (CMO, CNO, CSO, CQO) and tell them about the perils of Unplanned Extubation and the extensive patient safety collaborative that is supporting this effort. Make them aware of how costly this problem is in both lives and healthcare dollars.
Step 3
Get a commitment
Get them to commit to empowering your quality and safety teams to develop a program that will accurately measure where your hospital lies within the UE performance gap.
Step 4
Deploy IHI model for improvement
The IHI model is a simple, yet powerful framework aimed to accelerate improvement across a organization.
Step 5
Share your successes
The aim is zero preventable deaths, but even small improvements are worth sharing.
Share your story here.