Center for Health care Simulation
The Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences possesses two Human Patient Simulators located in a dedicated 4,000 sq. ft. suite of simulator and debriefing rooms. Each simulator is a life-sized mannequin whose complex computer, gas and fluid driven systems reproduce virtually all the relevant normal and pathophysiological aspects of a human patient in medical distress.
Human Patient Simulators represent a break-through in medical-simulation and gives potential first responders across all fields the opportunity to rehearse both simple and complex emergency procedures to improve pre-hospital and emergency medical care.
Each simulator is a life-size computer controlled mannequin which breathes, has a heart beat and includes sophisticated modeling of physiology and pharmacology, enabling it to mimic accurately many human responses.
The trauma disaster casualty kit provides blood flow, mucus and secreted fluids to simulate watering eyes and in conjunction with the field kit large open wounds or the severing of limbs. There are six sites for hemorrhaging with bleeding and secretions at the eyes, mouth and ears.
The mannequins come with a number of pre-configured 'patients', in which the underlying physiological model or response scenario is tailored to duplicate a particular kind of individual or emergency/disaster situation. In addition, the programmer can create his/her own disaster or emergency patient scenario.
The simulators provide scalable, real-time, hands-on training that includes not only both visual demonstration and description of threats, but also the capability for the individual to interactively practice specific threat scenarios.
Therefore, the Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences’ Human Patient Simulator Complex can provide emergency modeling and simulation that can be used to train and educate first responders across all disciplines and assess competency at all levels.
Simulation is a very versatile teaching tool, which can be simplified and custom designed for each user group. Possible user groups are endless and limited only by time and imagination. Example of potential users include clinical instructors and researchers within a variety of disciplines (cardiovascular, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, nurse anesthesia, medical school, and nursing), fire and police departments, and even high school science students.
Those who are interested in learning more about the Human Patient Simulator Complex and its use should contact Dr. Howard J. Normile, Associate Dean, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, by phone 313-577-7597, or email h.normile@wayne.edu.