The 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES) at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois has a new Cargo Compartment Trainer (CCT) that gives AE crew members a realistic simulated clinical experience to develop their clinical abilities and their comfort level with operational missions in an environment that mimics an aircraft they...
An app developed by a team of University of Tennessee instructors to teach student nurses in monitoring laboring mothers and their babies is so successful, it is now available on the iTunes App Store for iPads. The Simulated Electronic Fetal Monitor app teaches students how to interpret the data generated...
Limbs & Things introduced a Cesarean Section (C-Section) Module for its PROMPT Flex Birthing Simulator. The new module has two elements. The first consists of an anatomically correct, replaceable surgical pad with eight layers, plus the female bladder. This part of the module aids highly realistic training in transverse incisions...
The World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), a global initiative of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, is accepting applications for its ‘Innovation Showcases’ competition through May 27. The contest will give 20 healthcare innovators a chance to demonstrate their work in front of more than 1,000...
A team of patient safety experts at Johns Hopkins say more than 250,000 deaths per year are due to medical error in the U.S., according to the results of their study published in the BMJ on May 3. The team says after analyzing medical death rate data over an eight-year...
Boston Children’s Hospital opened a 4,000-square-foot, $12 million expanded pediatric Simulation (SIM) Center where doctors, nurses and other staff can rehearse tough medical situations or practice tricky or rare procedures in a clinical setting that looks and feels real. Families will also use the facility that incorporates real medical equipment,...
3D Systems collaborated with the American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) to develop a standardized curriculum for Bronchoscopy on the Simbionix BRONCH Mentor™ virtual reality training simulator. The CHEST Standardized Curriculum Module for Essential Bronchoscopic Skills and Diagnostic Bronchoscopy helps users learn and master basic skills and clinical knowledge, and...
3D Systems won an ECAT (Electronic Catalog) contract from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency to deliver medical simulation products and accessories to U.S. military service branches. ECAT is an online ordering, distribution and payment system that gives Department of Defense and other federal customers access to multiple manufacturer and distributor...
Mimic Technologies’ consulting training subsidiary signed an agreement with HealthTrust to become a new supplier of robotic surgery simulation training products and robotic surgery training consulting services. Mimic Medical Education and Development (MimicMED), provides guidance in successfully implementing best practices to help fully develop new and existing robotic surgery training...
Southern Arkansas University opened its new Blue and You Health Sciences Simulation Center that is named in honor of the $149,128 grant from Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Blue & You Foundation that funded much of the center’s equipment. The SAU Nursing Simulation Lab has four studios that are all...