Medical Emergency Simulation Area

Simulation-based experiences help healthcare providers maintain and improve their clinical judgement and teamwork during medical emergencies. Medical emergencies are low-frequency events, but they're high acuity. They're situations where providers must get the health care right. Simulation offers providers an opportunity to manage these events with a manikin as their patient and with facilitators to help them understand where they excelled, and how they can improve.

Providers who participate in simulation are able to provide better care in emergency situations.

How We Work With Providers

Every unit, department, or team has different needs, and simulation work must be customized. We will talk with you to understand your educational goals and develop simulations to address these needs. Sometimes, we craft simulations to help teams develop new processes or workflows. These types of simulations allow for stress-testing processes before implementation

We offer a simulation room, but we can also work in a patient care area of the medical center. We have a wide variety of manikins for different scenarios, including low-fidelity models for CPR-type training to high-fidelity manikins with pulses, chest rise and fall, and heart and lung sounds. Sometimes we also use actors to mimic patients.

Our Team

We offer facilitators who can play a role in a simulation, such as a physician or nurses. If manikins are needed, we will have a manikin operator in the room. The operator's job is to control the manikin. The operator may also be the facilitator for the simulation.