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by Jeremy Humphreys, Halldale Group Business Development Director On the 18th February 2011 a 6 year old boy was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary in the UK. At 9.20 pm the same day he died in hospital, from cardiac arrest brought on by sepsis, following a tragic series of... 8 February 2018
Medical Training Magazine is proud to announce a media partnership with the Virtual Reality and Healthcare Symposium 2018! It's no surprise that VR is quickly becoming one of the primary ways for the medical community to train professionals without endangering real lives and VR Voice aims to bring out the... 8 February 2018
MedaPhor Group, an intelligent ultrasound software and simulation company, initiated the first phase of development of NeedleGuide, its new augmented reality imaging device – after receiving the £466,000 Innovate award funding. The grant was awarded as part of Innovate UK’s Digital Health Technology Catalyst competition and will partly fund the... 5 February 2018
Faculty from Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) formed a research team to create a mockup operating room (OR) at the Clemson Design Center in Charleston. The prototype was created after three years of research on OR functionality, best practices, modernized OR’s and input from medical... 5 February 2018
LP3 Network opened its new 7,500-square-foot Learning Center in Aventura, Florida. The center offers a controlled environment with equipment where pharmacists, physicians, and allied healthcare providers can learn from industry experts. It will also serve as a resource for students and participants to develop their current pharmaceutical compounding services through... 2 February 2018
The University of Mobile’s College of Health Professions will bring Athena, a CAE high-fidelity female patient simulator to its Center for Excellence in Healthcare in Alabama, with the help of a $50,000 grant from The Crampton Trust. Athena is a wireless and tetherless manikin for realistic simulation training for healthcare... 1 February 2018
by Medical Training Magazine Publisher Andy Smith Medical Training Magazine exhibited at our 7th IMSH event in Los Angeles two weeks ago and our team can now give our considered view of the event and state of our industry. With 250 booths and 108 exhibitors listed, 2541 attendees and more... 30 January 2018
HALO-Flight, Inc. a Helicopter Air Ambulance service in South Texas, is taking EMS training to new levels. HALO-Flight’s EMS Training Academy provides initial EMR, EMT and Advanced EMT courses. in small classes to students, allowing students to receive individualized attention from instructors. HALO-Flight’s EMS Training Academy’s goals and objectives are... 23 January 2018
Researchers in NSW and the University of South Australia found opioid prescription errors are higher than previously reported in other healthcare settings, according to a paper from the British Medical Journal Supportive and Palliative Care. The two-leading types of medication errors are missed doses and wrong doses. The study found... 22 January 2018
3D Systems entered an exclusive distribution partnership with Stryker for VSP® (Virtual Surgical Planning) and anatomical models for the craniomaxillofacial specialty. 3D Systems says this partnership will drive the availability of personalized surgical planning and techniques to healthcare professionals – saving both surgeons and patients hours in the operating room. 17 January 2018
3D Systems is demonstrating the MentorLearn Cloud-Based Simulation Management System on mobile devices such as mobile phones and personal tablets for the first time at IMSH (International Meeting of Simulation in Healthcare) 2018. MentorLearn provides online access to the Simbionix simulators, and lets educators perform administrative tasks. Its library of... 15 January 2018
Laerdal Medical launched two new infant simulators, SimNewB® and SimBaby™ at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) conference in Los Angeles, California. SimNewB® is a neonatal simulator developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to meet the specific learning objectives specified by the Neonatal Resuscitation... 13 January 2018
CAE Healthcare released what the company says is the first augmented reality childbirth simulator with integrated mother-baby physiology – the CAE LucinaAR with Microsoft HoloLens – at the International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) in Los Angeles, California. With this new simulator, clinical teams and learners will be able... 12 January 2018
Every year, millions of Americans opt for surgeries, tests and other procedures that might not improve their health — and could even undermine it. To help reverse this wasteful, often harmful trend, the ABIM (American Board of Internal Medicine) Foundation and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation are supporting a new initiative... 9 January 2018
The Center for Nursing Education at Ohio University Southern in Ironton, Ohio received a Laerdal pediatric simulator that will help the school train nurses in more simulated scenarios of sick children who need emergent care – such as this one: a child, showing symptoms of illness, lies on a hospital... 8 January 2018
OtoSim, a Toronto-based medical simulation company that specializes in otoscopy and ophthalmoscopy trainers, is launching two new simulation products at IMSH 2018 – the OtoSim Educators Portal TM and OtoSim Mobile TM to complement its current Otoscopy Simulator, OtoSim 2TM. OtoSim will have both products available to preview at its IMSH... 8 January 2018
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) introduced its new University Research Facility in 3D Printing that will be able to offer life-sized blood vessels and aortic valves with its 3D printers. The 620 square-metre facility offers advanced technologies ranging from 3D scanning and computer-aided-design modelling to printing, allowing students to... 4 January 2018
Kentucky is experiencing a shortage of registered nurses in their hospitals and clinics. This shortage is due to the aging "baby boomer" population placing a strain on healthcare resources, the expansion of the Affordable Care Act leading to more people seeking treatment, and the increasing numbers of Kentucky residents being... 4 December 2017
"Establishing Validity for the Limbs and Things Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Trainer", a paper written by Dr. Christopher C. DeStephano and his colleagues at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida won the IRCAD (Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System) Award for Excellence in Education. The paper describes validity evidence... 1 December 2017
Radford University inaugurated its newly expanded simulation lab at the Roanoke Higher Education Center (RHEC). The $1.8 million, 1,800 square-foot expansion includes renovations to almost 3,000 square-feet of the Clinical Simulation Center (CSC) will allow the RHEC tol provide higher education programs in over 200 programs of study through... 27 November 2017