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US Army News
As the helicopters begin landing nearby and ambulances wheel up to the combat support hospital triage area, personnel behind the scenes supporting the Global Medic exercise ensure everything is set to fully test the capabilities of the units participating in the medical portion of Combat Support Training Exercise 78-19-02 held at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, in June.
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WNEM Saginaw
Firefighters were busting down doors trying to save students injured in a gas explosion at Saginaw Valley State University or at least that’s what they’re pretending to do. Even though it looks like an active scene, it’s actually a training simulation but the intensity is real and things get chaotic very fast. “Sometimes it gets so overwhelming you can’t make decisions. We need people who can make decisions on the fly,” said Kochville Township Fire Chief Alan Malesky.
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Sentinel & Enterprise News
Babies born in distress at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital's Leominster campus will soon have enhanced access to high-level neonatological intensive care, as the hospital prepares to launch Central Massachusetts' first-ever tele-NICU program. As it stands, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Massachusetts, is the only hospital in Central Massachusetts with a level-three NICU, which provides care to the youngest and sickest newborns, according to Dr. Javed Mannan, a UMass neonatologist.
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B-Line Medical
Laerdal Medical, a global leader in medical simulation, skills training, and resuscitation and B-Line Medical®, a global leader in simulation debriefing, assessment, and management, are excited to announce Laerdal Medical’s acquisition of B-Line Medical. This acquisition will accelerate and expand the integration and scope of their product lines. With the acquisition, B-Line Medical will become part of the global Laerdal organization - while maintaining its home and continuing to develop and support their product lines in Washington, D.C. Laerdal and B-Line Medical begin work immediately on their shared vision to create the world’s premier debriefing, assessment, and training management platform.
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MyStateline.com
A new training lab, located in Rockford, Illinois, for healthcare professionals opens its doors in the Stateline. Skills on Point and AED Essentials will share the space. John Russell is the owner of Skills on Point and he said that the lab is a hub for learning. “It can specifically help out the Rockford region with unique training that’s unique to the changes that we have in our healthcare industry,” Russell said. “We have level three neo-natal nurseries we have new hospitals with new training, new needs.”
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Inspired by gaming platforms, Anesthesia SimSTAT breaks new ground in on-demand, virtual learning for anesthesia, patient monitoring and managing emergencies. Realistic 3D graphics and audio create a virtual operating room that gives you complete control of medical equipment and provides performance feedback as you work with a responsive patient. Fulfill ABA MOCA® requirements.
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Florida International University News
The Florida Department of Health has approved FIU’s Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work and The Academy of International Disaster Preparedness to provide emergency medical technician (EMT) and paramedic educational programs. “This is a skill-based program that will give members of our community the expertise they need to succeed and it’s an opportunity to train future EMTs and paramedics to provide life-saving services,” said Robert Meek, director of Disaster Medicine and the Aeromedical Evacuation Program.
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University of Maryland - Baltimore News
Eric Barksdale is a rising senior at Dunbar High School who can envision himself working in the health care field. A recent trip with fellow students in the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) Summer Bioscience Internship Program (SBIP) put that vision into much clearer focus. Barksdale, who participates in Dunbar’s Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH) Program, was among the interns who visited the Maryland Advanced Simulation Training, Research and Innovation (MASTRI) Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) recently.
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Healthcare Learning Innovations
Deans at nursing schools seek to differentiate their programs, teach as many students as is practical and achieve educational excellence. Virtual simulations can help them meet those and other challenges, but making changes to curricula needs to be done with careful consideration. The good news is that you have options. In this article by Healthcare Learning Innovations, a leading provider of virtual clinical nursing simulations and scenarios, learn how schools are providing meaningful clinical experiences in a variety of ways – online! What’s best for your program? Follow this link to help make that decision.
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The Norwalk Reflector
As a new emergency medical technician (EMT) with North Central EMS, Luke Henry said getting hands-on training at a multi-vehicle mock crash with multiple injuries and casualties was overwhelming, but valuable. “I’ve never seen this type of scene. … It’s overwhelming,” added Henry, who graduated from Western Reserve High School in Berlin Center, Ohio, and the EHOVE Career Center firefighter/EMS program in May. “It’s a great learning experience.”
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KMT3 - TV
Firefighters — we count on them in emergencies from blazes in our home to medical situations, and their life-saving skills aren't just needed on land. And the Winnebago River may look calm and peaceful when it's not flooded or moving quickly. But even at normal levels, it can still pose a danger. That's why Mason City, Iowa, Firefighters spent their day training for water rescues at East Park. They practiced throwing a rope out to someone stranded or floating down a river, as well as how to rescue using a boat and with a high line rope, where the boat is attached to a rope by a pulley.
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WDIO - TV
National Guard members from across the country have been getting advanced trauma training in Duluth, Minnesota. The College of St. Scholastica's (CSS) nursing department teamed up with Essentia Health to offer guard members valuable experience. The training takes place in the Science Center at CSS. It's hands-on and puts guard members in high stress situations. It's teaching them how to work together in a variety of simulated emergency scenarios thrown at them and is meant to sharpen their medical skills.
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Next Generation Harvey realistically simulates nearly any cardiac disease at the touch of a button by varying blood pressure, pulses, heart sounds, murmurs and breath sounds. Harvey is the longest continuous university-based simulation project in medical education, and no other simulator presents cardiac bedside findings at the level of detail and fidelity found in Harvey.
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Change is a constant in healthcare. With change, of course, comes disruption, new learning curves, and even potential patient risk. In the context of our mission of helping save lives, we believe that simulation is an optimal means for mitigating the impact of change. Through simulation, healthcare practitioners can train in realistic circumstances before ever taking into their care a human life.
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Xinhua
Rwandan hospitals recently started Ebola simulation drills for front-line healthworkers to strengthen their readiness to prevent and manage Ebola in case of any outbreak in the country. Eight government hospitals in Rwanda will conduct drills, which would offer them a learning experience and ensure their awareness of reactions to people with Ebola symptoms, Rwandan health minister Diane Gashumba told Xinhua in a telephone interview.
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Design, manage, deliver and measure both physical and VR simulations with Health Scholars future-ready training platform. Learn more about our VR simulations designed to promote patient safety scenarios that are not readily available or are difficult to scale across an entire health system
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Fox 8 Cleveland
Ahead of the rush of fall high school and collegiate sports, the Cleveland Clinic hosted a catastrophic sports injury simulation to better prepare for severe sports injuries. "We always want to be prepared. You never know what's going to happen next and it rarely happens under ideal circumstances," said Dr. Tom Waters of the Cleveland Clinic. About 80 athletic trainers, along with the clinic's sports health residents and fellows, gathered at John Carroll University for a catastrophic sports injury simulation training session at the university's baseball field.
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