VA Difficult Airway DAARC Lite 17+

Name: VA Difficult Airway DAARC Lite
Author: US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Designed for iPad

- Free

Description

The Difficult Airway Algorithm & Rescue Cricothyrotomy (DAARC) Lite app intends to help reduce patient morbidity and mortality associated with difficult and lost airways.

DAARC Lite emphasizes the use of; 1) the Vortex cognitive aid, 2) nasal oxygenation, 3) waveform ETCO2 capnography, 4) elevated head of bed and 5) supraglottic airways during emergent airway management. Additionally, it trains learners to optimally manage airways during ALS events and to identify when a percutaneous cricothyrotomy technique may be required to rescue a failed airway event. The game uses scenarios set in virtual Out of OR Airway Management (OOORAM) setting including; emergency rooms, intensive care units, and inpatient hospital settings. DAARC lite is an educational product that is in full alignment with the SimLEARN OOORAM 2.0 program. When DAARC Lite and SimLEARN OOORAM 2.0 are combined they constitute a novel composite of a Virtual Avatar Game-based Learning System with task trainer activities and high-fidelity mannequin-based simulation scenarios are designed to help reduce patient morbidity and mortality associated with high stakes urgent and emergent airway management.

The developer, US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.