Health Scholars has launched the first commercially available virtual reality (VR) training simulation for operating room fire prevention and management to better address the hundreds of surgical fires reported each year. With Fire in the OR organizations can now provide clinicians experiential fire safety training in as little as 20 minutes, and scale simulation across a [...]
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford is the heart and soul of Stanford Children’s Health. Nationally ranked and internationally recognized, our 361-bed hospital is devoted entirely to pediatrics and obstetrics. Our six centers of excellence provide comprehensive services and deep expertise in key obstetric and 8 pediatric areas: brain & behavior, cancer, heart, pregnancy & newborn, [...]
Watch the quarterly Simulation Professionals of Texas (SPOT) meeting live from McKinney’s Collin College right now! SPOT is a regional group of individuals from across Texas who have a shared interest in healthcare simulation who meet quarterly to learn about new products, share best practices, and network with others in the field.
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Saving the best for last? There are still three fantastic internationally attended simulation conference opportunities left in 2018 for your consideration in Canada, US, and the UK. Looking to connect with your regional community, learn from leading experts, or see the latest healthcare simulation technologies before the first of the new year? Registration is still [...]
Some simulation team members may have a limited background in physiology or medicine. An understanding of basic physiological concepts can enable non medical simulationists to better understand medical simulation. This article is the 5th in a series of posts related to physiology, the force behind simulation. As timely diagnosis and intervention of sepsis are key [...]
Registration is now open for the 7th Annual World Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit taking place January 18th and 19th in Huntington Beach California, which is hosted by the Patient Safety Movement Foundation and co-convened by the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the European Society of Anaesthesiology. During the event, a variety of expert keynote speaker [...]
