Advanced simulation opens new training possibilities
Onscreen: the new Advanced ALS Simulator can simulate real life scenarios in a safe, lab environment
Five East Gippsland Regional Clinical School staff recently had a hands-on, one day course on operation of the newly installed Advanced ALS Simulator. The day covered instruction on the use of the simulator’s software, in addition to planning and programing scenarios.
The Advanced ALS Simulator will allow the clinical school to perform preprogramed specific scenarios and enables the educator to run a scenario in real time while controlling the ALS mannequin’s reactions. It will also allow the instructor to manipulate the responses according to the desired learning outcomes and include the ability to record events (both positive and negative), track trends and record for debriefing purposes.
The program and equipment will help simulate real life scenarios in a safe environment for all medical students and other health professionals who use the East Gippsland simulation suite. It is hoped that this equipment will help teach students such skills as recognising the deteriorating patient and be used as a tool for real time debriefing and feedback.
– Loy Perryman
Academic coordinator/Clinical Educator, EGRCS Sale campus