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Patient Simulation
CAE HEALTHCARE 2015 CATALOG
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Paramedic students extract an injured METIman from
debris at Victor Valley College Public Safety Center.
Victor Valley College
Victorville, USA
A 9-acre public safety training center at Victor
Valley College in Apple Valley, California provides
endless opportunities for healthcare simulation
scenarios. The center is outfitted with a wide
range of props including a collapsed building,
a fire tower, an apartment building, and an over-
turned tanker truck.
During training exercises, paramedic
students will find one of the college’s three
METIman Prehospital patient simulators in nearly
any situation at the Victor Valley College Public
Safety Center, including an underground tunnel
for a confined space rescue.
“We have a dynamic environment here and
we’re really trying to get the students immersed
in what they’re doing,” said Brian Hendrickson,
a paramedic instructor at Victor Valley College.
“The physiology of the mannequins challenges
the students, I loved it,” Hendrickson said.
Nearly every simulation event is captured
on the college’s audiovisual recording system,
allowing instructors to debrief with students and
review key moments during their scenarios.
“By videotaping our scenarios, students
have been able to see subtle things such as how
they communicate with the patient, their body
language, things they should or should not do
during an incident,” Hendrickson said. “It helps
close the communication gap and we always try
to make debriefings a positive learning
experience. We want our students to walk out
of here with a positive outlook that makes them
better prepared for their futures.”
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