Today is World Restart a Heart Day and Laerdal is celebrating with our global healthcare simulation community in major ways, including the recent launch of their Anniewhere online CPR training program as well as the announcement of their One Million Lives Saved vision! The World Restart a Heart Day was started with the support of [...]

As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread globally, the clinical simulation community continues to respond with new resources every day. With every resource we have found listed on our Comprehensive Coronavirus Medical Simulation Resource Page, here we share the latest resources from readers, covering training tools, virtual learning opportunities, organizational partnerships, sim scenarios, posters and [...]

This week two major acquisitions have occurred which will forever change the healthcare simulation industry: International renowned Laerdal Medical acquired audiovisual systems company B-Line Medical, and globally operating 3B Scientific acquired auscultation manikin manufacturer Cardionics. Today we share these major press announcements which are crucial to understand.

Laerdal Medical Acquires B-Line Medical

Laerdal Medical,  one of the [...]

Unveiled and demonstrated at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) conference in 2014, vSim is a line of simulation products for nursing students to learn patient scenarios through virtual modules. Co-developed by Laerdal Medical and Wolters Kluwer Health’s Lippincott Williams & Wilkins division, the nationally recognized scenarios that vSim depicts are all tied [...]