Abstract
In recent years, simulation-based training has seen increased application in medical education. Emergency medicine simulation uses a variety of educational tools to facilitate trainee acquisition of knowledge and skills in order to help achieve curriculum objectives. In this report, we describe the use of a highly realistic human patient simulator to instruct emergency medicine senior residency trainees on the management of a burn patient.
Highlights
Burns are commonly classified as thermal, electrical, or chemical, with thermal burns further subdivided as secondary to flame, contact, or scalding [1]
Trainee should call for the airway cart and prepare for intubation Anesthesia backup can be considered but is not available
Trainee prepares for a difficult airway, verbalizes the P's of Rapid Sequence Intubation (Preparation, Preoxygenation, Pretreatment, Paralysis, Positioning, Placement) and considers awake intubation
Summary
Burns are commonly classified as thermal, electrical, or chemical, with thermal burns further subdivided as secondary to flame, contact, or scalding [1]. Received 09/22/2015 Review began 09/29/2015 Review ended 10/19/2015 Published 10/21/2015 This technical report describes a simulation-based teaching session designed for a cohort of postgraduate emergency medicine trainees in their third and final year of training at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The objective of this case study is to educate trainees about significant burns and underlying associated conditions, such as CO toxicity, CN toxicity, and trauma. In this scenario, we use a highly realistic and technologically-advanced human patient simulator operated by a trained technician who follows a pre-defined storyboard (i.e. simulation scenario). A 55 year old male arrives to the ED via EMS.
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