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ABC News
Saving a life can be hard enough, and doing it in the middle of a battlefield with bullets flying can seem nearly impossible. But military programs like the Medical Simulation Training Center at Fort Carson in Colorado are training military medics so they're prepared for almost every medical situation during combat. The MSTC is a program that uses lifelike mannequins as well as special effects to mimic real-life combat scenarios.
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EMS1.com
Early adoption of new and emerging technologies is a trend for many EMS professionals. There are times when those technologies fit into the gap perfectly, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for EKG transmissions or tablets for documentation. There are other times when employing the latest technologies is about trying to appear cutting edge, about trying to fit the square peg into the round hole such as using Twitter as a substitute for a mobile data terminal messaging incident locations to responding crews.
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FierceHealthcare
Doctors in Japan were perplexed for months over the case of a woman with leukemia who did not take to any of the treatments prescribed to her — then IBM’s Watson took over and solved the mystery in minutes.
The artificial intelligence system was able to conclude that the patient did not have the form of leukemia with which she initially was diagnosed, a form that required a different course of treatment, according to an article at the International Business Times.
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Journal of Emergency Medical Services
It's beneficial to review events such as the Boston Marathon bombing terrorist incident that occurred in April 2013, as well as the recent terrorist incidents in Paris and Brussels, to determine if there are areas within an organized response that can be improved upon. Because there are many variable factors behind explosions, it's difficult to describe or predict a commonality to injury patterns outside of multiple, simultaneous casualties and, probably, a mass casualty scenario.
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Georgia Institute of Technology via ScienceDaily
It's called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain in an intricate matrix.
In schizophrenia, the matrix is sharply jarred, debilitating the mind and triggering hallucinations. Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an interactive model of that matrix to fast-track research and treatment of the tormenting disorder.
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Blended Learning with vSim® for Nursing and Scenarios from the National League for Nursing.
When students experience the same patient encounter through different technologies, it allows them to reinforce their knowledge and gradually build confidence and competence.
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Harvard Business Review
In 1999 the U.S. Institute of Medicine released what would become a touchstone report, "To Err is Human," which estimated that between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals each year due to medical errors that could have been prevented. It brought the idea of building a safer health system to the forefront of the public’s mind. Since then, improving healthcare outcomes has become a central goal in everything from clinical training and research studies to government initiatives and political debate.
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons via Science Codex
Patient safety before, during and after surgery requires an appropriately educated, committed and empowered healthcare team, according to recommendations being presented today at the inaugural National Surgical Patient Safety Summit. The two-day event, which includes more than 100 representatives from medical professional associations, insurers, health care systems, payers and government agencies, is sponsored by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons, with the goals of developing surgical care and surgical education curricula standards, and prioritizing safety research efforts.
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Pocket Nurse helps thousands of health education programs operate efficiently with an extensive catalog of products that provide everything an educator needs. For more information visit pocketnurse.com, call 1-800-225-1600, or email cs@pocketnurse.com.
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BioMed Central
Junior doctors feel unprepared to deal with many of the human aspects of ethical and professional dilemmas. Equipping doctors to understand and navigate the emotion, stress, drama and uncertainties associated with moral decision-making in these areas is critical. There is an important gap in our understanding of how simulation can best prepare medical students and doctors for real life ethical encounters.
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The New York Times
In hospitals, summer is the season when newly minted medical school graduates start their first year of residency, taking on patient care with little hands-on experience. For patients, that means a visit from a doctor who might look young and untested.
To make sure residents ask for help from a senior doctor, more hospitals are developing formal “escalation-of-care” policies with clear guidelines on when it’s time to call one. Residents may fail to ask for help due to overconfidence, lack of knowledge or fear of seeming incompetent, studies show.
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Simulation now includes the same patient monitors used in clinical practice. Simply connect the VitalsBridge with your manikin and any clinical patient monitor and your participants can interact with the same patient monitors used in their clinical practice. It works with Standardized patients too! Learn more now or call 801-484-3820.
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University of Buffalo
Virtual SurgerySIM, a startup led by a Ph.D. student at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, took the top prize at this year’s Buffalo Student Sandbox contest. The competition — run by Blackstone LaunchPad at UB and the Western New York Incubator Network — is the culmination of the eight-week Buffalo Student Sandbox summer program, in which student entrepreneurs gain valuable knowledge about starting a business through coursework and connections to experts at UB and in western New York.
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