Did you know that urinary tract infections are among the most common Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI), accounting for 13,000 deaths each year? Even more concerning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximately 75% of all urinary tract infections are associated with the presence of a urinary catheter! As simulated cath trainers have [...]

The INACSL 2020 Virtual Conference is in full swing this week as nursing simulation educators from around the world come together online to network and engage with the latest in best practices. HealthySimulation.com staff writer Dr. Kim Baily PhD, MSN, RN, CNE, previous Simulation Coordinator for Los Angeles Harbor College and Director of Nursing for [...]

The Society for Simulation in Europe, aka SESAM, is the world’s longest running healthcare simulation organization. Each year the Society hosts a SESAM healthcare simulation conference which in 2019 was supposed to mark the 25th anniversary the event. Sadly of course, the 2020 Milan event was unfortunately postponed until 2021 due to COVID-19, but that [...]

While we have previously covered Ultrasound Simulators like those from CAE Healthcare, VirtaMed, Intelligent Ultrasound, SonoSim, and Simulab, today we focus on other Medical Imaging Simulators like MRI Simulators, X-Ray Simulators, and CT Simulators. These unique patient simulators enable healthcare simulation programs to simulate medical imaging procedures with standardized and repeatable learning objectives that provide [...]