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Gandotra,
MD
Assistant Program Director for the Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship/Program Director for the Criti
University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Gandotra is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at University of Alabama Birmingham, joining faculty in 2018 after the completion of her fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She currently serves as the Assistant Program Director for the Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship and Program Director for the Critical Care Fellowship. She is an advocate of simulation training in critical care education and has been involved in simulation education for residents and fellows since joining faculty.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
BackgroundProviding resuscitation for cardiac arrest patients in the setting of a global pandemic is challenging and requires those responding to balance the immediate needs of the patient with their own safety. The aim of this collaborative was to identify best practices given the information available at the time, develop a safe process for providing resuscitative care for suspected/confirmed COVID-19 patients, test the process using immersive simulation, and disseminate information at a systems level. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Clinical Simulation team assumed primary…