NW Medical Simulation

Community excersice uses Guamard Family

2008-04-07T19:51:00.001-07:00

Guamard Scientific Hal, pediatric five year old Hal, Newborn Hal and Noelle all participated in a mass casualty event in Texas with local fire medics and life flight emergency workers.

Guamard Family in action

2008-04-07T19:05:00.000-07:00

The following link is to a story about South Bay nurses using the Guamard Scientific Family of wireless, tetherless simulators to train and react to real medical emergencies.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/health&id=6055648

Hal Emergency Simulation

2008-02-17T09:13:00.000-08:00

Emergency response video using S3000 HAL® Mobile Team Trainer

Hal Certified for use by Army Aeromedical

2008-02-17T07:48:00.000-08:00

Gaumard Scientific - S3000 HAL® Mobile Team Trainer has been add to MEDEVAC H-60 Helicopters Equipped inventory for the Army's Patient Movement training.

Hal will be used by the Army to train Aeromedical personnel in combat MEDEVACH operations.

Trainers will be able to evaluate and add realism to the training through the use of the Wireless Tablet PC included with every HAL purchase.

Simulation Legislation Introduced!

2008-02-05T11:38:00.000-08:00

Simulation Legislation Introduced!

Enhancing SIMULATION (Safety In Medicine Utilizing Leading Advanced Simulation Technologies to Improve Outcomes Now) Act of 2007 (H.R. 4321).

This legislation extends the benefits of advanced medical simulation technology to the civilian health care system; and will enhance the deployment of simulation technologies and the incorporation of such technologies and equipment into medical, nursing, allied health, podiatric, osteopathic, and dental education and training protocols.

Medical Simulation and Web 2.0

2008-01-15T18:09:00.000-08:00

Medical Simulation and Web 2.0 technology is a way to create and reach out to the medical community for training, education and collaboration. NW Medical Simulation will be using this emerging technology to educate and expose the fast growing capabilities of medical simulation within the Pacific Northwest by embracing technology communications with the Web 2.0 framework.

What is Web 2.0??

Web 2.0 is a term describing new collaborative Internet applications.
The primary difference from the original World Wide Web is greater user participation in developing and managing content, which changes the nature and value of the information.
Key elements of Web 2.0 include:

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) to rapidly disseminate awareness of new information;
blogs to describe new trends;
wikis to share knowledge; and
podcasts to make information available “on the move”.
The medical community needs to be aware of these technologies and their increasing role in providing health information “any time, any place”.

NW medical simulation will be developing, collaborating and producing Web 2.0 resources to ensure the success of NW medical simulation and greater simulation community as a whole. If you would like to get involved please feel free to contact me. Thank you...

Why Medical Simulation

2008-01-12T18:03:00.000-08:00

The 21st Century expose a number of challenges for those who care and treat patients such as doctors, nurses and associated health care professionals. The demand for health care has increased for four primary reasons:

Increasingly elderly population;
New technology offering the prospect of greater treatment options;
Greater access to treatment; and
Increased consumerism where knowledge in the community about what is available is much more widespread.

The pool of clinical staff to meet these challenges has come from a smaller population due to labor market demographics. As lengths of stay reduce in hospitals the opportunity for clinical staff to have meaningful clinical time to train is reducing.

This requires a new way of training if our medical personnel of the future are to be equipped to treat and care for patients. The need for healthcare to become a high reliability organization is now widely recognized and is no longer deemed appropriate for those in training or those learning new techniques to climb the proficiency 'learning curve' in the real patient environment.

Interactive Simulators Within the Pacific Northwest

2008-01-10T19:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome to NW Medical Simulation. I am developing this Blog in an effort to support educational medical training and exposure for health care professionals using medical simulation within the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

My goal is to moderate and provide helpful information about medical simulation within the Pacific Northwest. I work as a Regional Sales Territory Manager for Gaumard Scientific, with a passion for medicine and training. As a former Board Certified Registered Nurse. I understand the importance of training and simulation.

My company develops, sells and trains medical personnel with a new generation of complex, electronic birth simulators that allow medical students, nurses and doctors to practice labor and delivery -- especially when there are complications.

Our Noelle is part of a new wave of medical-simulation technology that has moved ob-gyn training beyond its traditional low-tech plastic pelvises. Noelle, is used in mock operating rooms and allow students to monitor the mannequin's vital signs, perform procedures and practice breech birth delivery.

NOELLE is operated wireless and tetherless. NOELLE and her newborn have wireless communication and documentation, self-contained respiratory and circulatory functions, and are fully responsive in transit with comprehensive performance feedback

NOELLE features

breathing and pulses
vertex, breech and C-section deliveries
shoulder dystocia and PPH
dynamic perinatal monitor
maternal and neonatal vital

signs monitors