Anaesthetic Training – Regular sessions are run for anaesthetic trainees throughout the year.
Foundation Doctors – Simulation sessions are mandatory and run regularly throughout the year.
Medical Students – Simulation sessions are part of their curriculum and run regularly throughout the year.
Paediatric Training – Multi-disciplinary sessions are run bi-weekly on Caroline Thorpe Ward using Junior and Baby. In addition, there are larger scale sessions run between Paediatrics, the Emergency Department, Anaesthetics and ITU which happen 3-4 times a year.
Medical Assessment Unit – These sessions take place on the ward bi-weekly and include support workers, nurse associates, students, new staff, nurses and doctors. Additional bespoke sessions take place in the Clinical Simulation Suite throughout the year.
Intensive Care Unit & High Dependency Unit – A variety of sessions take place in-situ and in the Clinical Simulation Suite, customised to the needs of the staff including emergency situations, airway training and transfer training.
Student Nurses – Sessions take place to enable students to practice their assessment, communication and escalation skills, which in turn improves experience and confidence.
Respiratory Physiotherapists – These sessions enable the physiotherapists to practice their assessment, communication and escalation skills, which in turn improves experience and confidence.
Nurse Associates – These sessions enable Nurse Associates to practice their assessment, communication and escalation skills, which in turn improves experience and confidence.
Physician Associates – These sessions enable the Physician Associates to practice their assessment, communication and escalation skills, which in turn improves experience and confidence.
EU Nurses – These sessions enable the Nurses to practice their assessment, communication and escalation skills, which in turn improves experience and confidence.
Support Workers – We do a Human Factors talk and introduce them to Sim Man. We demonstrate normal, abnormal vital signs and oxygen therapy.
Community Hospitals – We can run customised sessions in the community. Our most recent sessions covered sepsis awareness and anaphylaxis.
Holsworthy Community Hospital responding to an anaphylaxis.
Maxillo-Facial Out-Patients – A recent session focused on sedated patients having dental treatment. It gave the staff confidence in their practice to deal with this situation.
