Abstract
Simulation-based medical education is an evolving field that allows trainees to practice skills in a safe environment with no risk to patients. Recently, technology-enhanced simulation for emergency medicine learners has been shown to have favorable effects on learner knowledge and patient outcomes. In this report, a human patient simulator is used to familiarize emergency medicine trainees with the presentation and management of a pediatric motor vehicle-pedestrian accident is described.
Highlights
Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children greater than one year of age [1]
Much of the available literature indicates that the repeated use of high-fidelity simulation can improve the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, as well as their translation to the clinical setting in relation to neonatal and pediatric resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and procedural skills, including airway management [3,4]
For a physician not working primarily in a pediatric trauma center, these differences may add an element of discomfort when dealing with the injured child
Summary
Trauma is the leading cause of death and disability in children greater than one year of age [1]. This is especially important in the pediatric setting. This in-situ simulation training session was conducted in the emergency department at the Janeway Children’s Health and Rehabilitation Centre using a high-fidelity mannequin simulator. An eight-year-old male is brought in by ambulance after being struck by a pick-up truck as he ran across the road He has fractures to his left femur and right elbow as well as various abrasions.The nearest trauma center is 90 minutes by road. Deformed L femur, open wound; swollen and deformed R elbow; abrasions to R hip and arm; contusions to L hip and thigh
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