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Training takes to the
road...
One of the most unique and valuable
components of the HPS Program offered by STARS is its accessibility to health
care providers throughout Alberta, the Northwest Territories and Montana.
The mannequin has been installed in a motor
home, creating a large mobile emergency room, which recreates the familiar
"code room" for medical staff. STARS is able to bring training to
health care providers who might otherwise be faced with the barriers of
distance from teaching centers, as well as the inability to leave the
community at regular intervals to train. Through the mobile HPS Program,
STARS is able to provide training right in the learner's community, with
medical staff receiving instruction as a team.
Realistic
situations...
The HPS Program puts participants through
several different scenarios during their sessions, with debriefing periods
after each case to allow for the maximum possible interaction between
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| For its part, the mannequin offers a
true-to-life experience - it speaks, blinks, has reactive pupils and his
lungs simulate real gas exchange. It has realistic chest movements and
sounds, and has an anatomically correct airway, allowing intubation and
other more invasive airway management skills practice. It can have chest
tubes, NG tubes and Foley catheters placed as required.
Drugs can be administered with the expected
physiologic effects and toxicity. In addition, in the event of cardiac
rhythm disturbances, cardioversion and defibrillation with real equipment
can be performed.
The STARS Human Patient Simulator Program
doesn't focus on evaluation, but instead on the promotion of excellence in
patient care. Both those participating and those delivering the program
learn from each other's unique experiences and problem solving approaches.
Committed to
excellence...
Over time, the effectiveness of the mobile
Human Patient Simulator Program compared to standard teaching methods will
be evaluated. Universities are assisting in the development of curriculum
and in pursuing various research study questions pertaining to medical
learning.
The Alberta Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society
(STARS) anticipates enthusiastic participation and success through the Human
Patient Simulator Program and is deeply grateful for the generous support of
major program sponsors Lockerbie & Hole Contracting Limited, Lions
International Multiple District 37 and Medical Education Technology
Incorporated.
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more information about the Human Patient Simulator Program, please contact:
Mike Lamacchia,
HPS Program/Outreach Manager
Alberta Shock Trauma
Air Rescue Society (STARS)
Telephone: 403-295-1811 Cellular: 403-804-1934
E-mail: mikel@stars.ca |
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Program Founding Sponsors...
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LOCKERBIE & HOLE
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Program
Contributor...
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STARS is a dynamic outreach
program that links critically ill and injured patients in the community with
specialty services. We are dedicated to providing immediate expert
consultation, safe and timely mobile emergency care, universal access and
ongoing professional development for community health care providers. STARS
is committed to the growth of knowledge and skills through innovation and
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STARS offers a unique
opportunity for rural and urban health care providers to enhance their team
skills in critical care crisis management through its Human Patient Simulator
(HPS) Program.
The METI (Medical Education Technology
Incorporated) Human Patient Simulator is a realistic model of human physiology
and reaction. The HPS mannequin can simulate complex medical and surgical
problems over and over again. Whether common or rare, a given medical scenario
can be experienced and managed in a non-threatening environment with an emphasis
on teamwork and troubleshooting. Reactions and skills are tested and practiced,
leading to a high degree of familiarity and confidence.
Over the years, innumerable pilots have been
trained through the simulation of realistic, routine and complex flight
procedures and emergencies. The HPS was developed by shifting these valuable
concepts of flight simulation into the medical realm.
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