SimMom trains practitioners in Mildura
SimMom in Mildura Base Hospital’s birthing suite.
SimMom arrived by wheelchair at the Mildura Base Hospital’s birthing suites.
This most advanced obstetric simulation equipment was provided by the School of Rural Health Mildura to assist with the hospital’s second annual practical obstetric multi-professional training (PROMPT) session, held in April.
SimMom provided the hospital’s nurses, midwives, obstetricians and anaesthetists with in situ practical multi-professional training on the potential real life scenario of ‘cardiac arrest following local anaesthetic toxicity’ in a familiar working environment with real life equipment.
Fifteen participants received the training with the Intensive Care Unit and Midwifery Department working together for a successful outcome in the scenario.
The SimMom mannequin was purchased with funding from the Mallee Health Foundation and normally resides in her own purpose-built room at the School of Rural Health Mildura. This is the first time she has been off Monash grounds to simulate a real life obstetric emergency and will venture out a further three times before the end of the year.