The Kansas State Board of Nursing has a free library of simulation scenarios designed by nursing faculty for nursing and allied health programs.  Free scenarios currently for simulation in healthcare currently include:

• GI Bleed or “Blood & Guts”
• “It’s all in the Head” Meti-meningitis/seizure
• Femur Fracture with Pulmonary Embolism
• Ischemic Stroke with Increased ICP
• IV – IV Medication Review
• Head Injury Scenario – 2 Parts
• Head Injury / Heart Failure Scenario
• Code Pink Simulation
• Air Leak Syndrome With Infant
• Code Pink With Meconium Simulation
• Respiratory Therapy Code Pink Simulation
• Simulation of Pediatric Diabetic Patient
• Placenta Previa – Remediation
• Pre-scenario Worksheet and List of 14 Scenarios
• Skills Check-off Scenario
• Basic Medical / Surgical Nursing
• Intermediate / Complex – 2 Medical / Surgical Scenarios 2 Sessions Each

Be sure to consider submitting your scenario to help build their scenario library.  Also, check out my previous article on where to get free simulation scenarios!

Hi Sim Champs!

Just got an email from a simulation user  looking to operate a ventilator in their simulations.  At the Clinical Simulation Center of Las Vegas we used a refurbished ventilator to add props to the sceneray but it was never very successful for creating realistic chest rise and fall.  We were able to disable the warning alarms to make it so that the scenario could play out but we would have liked a more realistic solution.

Do you have a ventilator that works well for your medical simulation program?  If so, drop me an email and tell me about it !

The University of South Florida recently opened the new 90,000 square foot Center for Advanced Medical Learning & Simulation in Tampa. The new building is a $38-million dollar investment by the University, designed to support learning of health professionals (medicine, nursing, pharmacy, public health, pre-hospital, allied health) across the continuum of education (undergraduate, graduate, and practicing), military healthcare professionals, medical specialty societies, industry representatives, and researchers.

The CAMLS website further explains that their “portfolio of activities includes nationally recognized professional society courses (e.g., Advanced Trauma Life Support, Fundamental Critical Care Support, Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery, and Neonatal Resuscitation Program), already available specialty-designed curricula, courses customized to fit specific needs, interprofessional teamwork curricula, individual learner remediation and workforce reintegration programs, assessment of learner competency, and health technology development and commercialization. The nationally recognized Team STEPPS program, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), is a featured teamwork model. The debriefing experience is an essential part of adult learning; at CAMLS, reflection is encouraged in a non-threatening, supportive environment.”

If you would like to learn more, be sure to download the CAMLS brochure & their fact sheet as well as watch the CAMLS video to learn more about this amazing new Sim Center:

The American College of Cardiology has also accredited CAMLS as a Center of Excellence in Education and Training, the first designation of its kind!

At IMSH 2012 I had a chance to talk with Jeff from Med World Live about their web-based online streaming platforms.  What is unique about Med World Live is the ability for your end-users to control their camera perspective in real-time for enhanced learning, from anywhere in the world.

Features unique to the Med World Live online video platform include:

• Multiple camera angles
• Simultaneous live feeds
• End-user controlled experience

• Providing the Medical Community a new and innovative way to showcase products to the world.
• We are changing the way simulation centers and teaching institutions utilize the web for teaching by creating a customized interactive portal that houses pertinent teaching information and streams it directly to the end users.
• Allowing students to learn remotely
• Showcase and BRAND pertinent teaching tools
• Film training videos and save money on T&E
• Increase MD product competency

Learn more today by visiting the MedWorldLive website!

Today we are helping Margaret Clifton with her research on Nurse Eduacator needs.  Please see her request to fill out a short 10-minute survey below:

Dear Colleagues,

Today I am thrilled to announce a NEW meeting specifically designed for Healthcare Simulation Program Administrators to be called HealthySimAdmin! Taking place October 18th + 19th at the University of Nevada Las Vegas Greenspun Hall, this one-of-a-kind event promises to provide the answers our growing community has overwhelming requested!  Join us in Las Vegas or watch this event live from your office desktop.

So check out the new HealthySimAdmin page to watch the announcement video, share your needs, subscribe for updates, meet our expert panel and learn more!

Archie MD was at IMSH to demonstrate a few of their many educational products.  I had a chance to talk with Kirk from Archie MD about their Augmented Reality Task Trainer and “Medrills” mobile training solutions.

Learn more by visiting the Archie MD website.

• Identify components of gaming that would enhance your educational efforts.
• Describe the process and development of educational games.
• Discuss/explore various games that are beneficial in education.
• Develop an outline for one game.
• Review the evidence and research behind the use and efficacy of games in education.

On completion of the storytelling in learning session you will:

• Discuss how to use story or narrative to achieve an educational outcome.
• Understand how storytelling and narrative enhance education and educational outcomes.
• Write stories for your training and education initiatives.

The Food and Drug Associate used a Manikin used to demonstrate medical device error.  The pictures provide great detailed are so well done I thought it might give you ideas for your medical simulation and skills lab courses!  Photos like this can help learners, faculty or staff remember key details for manikin setups.  Thanks to Crystal Mendez from St. Philip’s College in San Antonio Texas for the link.

EVENT: Oxygen tubing erroneously connected to a needleless IV port

POTENTIAL FOR HARM: High

CASE STUDY

• A patient’s oxygen tubing became disconnected from his nebulizer and was accidentally reattached to his IV tubing Y-site by a staff member who was completing a double shift
• The patient died from an air embolism, even though the connection was broken within seconds

THE JOINT COMMISSION SAFETY TIP: Identify and manage conditions and practices that may contribute to healthcare worker fatigue, and take appropriate action

Check out the complete FDA medical error page for more examples.

At IMSH I had a brief moment to talk with Dr. Robert F. Buckman, Jr. M.D., an internationally-known surgeon and inventor of medical technology devices, about the surgical simulator products available from Operative Experience.  Even though we only had a short conversation I was really impressed with the level of realism inherit with the Operative Experience surgery simulator product line.  Check out my interview with Dr. Buckman below:

Realistic surgery simulator procedures available from Operative Experience include:

• Point-of-injury Hemorrhage Control
• Low Transverse C-Section
• External Fixation of Femur
• Shunting of Femoral Artery and Vein
• Proximal Control of Femoral Artery
• Subdural Hematoma
• Below Knee Amputation
• Above Knee Amputation
• Fasciotomy

The Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC.Org) helped fund the development of these amazing surgical simulators. Visit OperativeExperience.com to learn more about their surgery simulation products and services!