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August 2010
Gaumard’s Star is Rising Fast in Finland Finnish Nordic Simulators, a major distributor for Gaumard Scientific, specializes in everything concerning simulation centers from planning to customer support.
Simulation centers are a major push in Finland, a country that prides itself on its highly acclaimed education system. Quite a few vocational schools and universities boast extensive centers, along with government and military organizations. The past few years have seen a rapid increase in the use of simulators, and Gaumard’s products have been there the entire time.
The Finnish Defense Force’s Center for Military Medicine is one of the leading simulation centers in Finland, with three simulation studios. They have recently chosen Gaumard as their simulation company; our products have joined the first military simulation center in Europe and are enjoying state of the art technology including a debriefing system with wireless microphones and infrared cameras.
Other Gaumard customers in Finland include the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS), the largest university hospital in Finland. HUS recently acquired their third Gaumard wireless patient simulator and a mobile ETC debriefing system.
The city of Oulu’s simulation center was also built by Nordic Simulators and includes two Hal’s, Noelle, a 5 year old and a newborn.
Why has Gaumard overtaken the market so quickly in Finland? Simple: Excellent products, including an innovative family of wireless simulators, cost efficiency and a company that offers customers a one-stop shop for medical simulation.
A Real Story of How Simulation Saves Lives I wanted to share with you that one of our students saved a baby, literally, the day before Thanksgiving due to her work with Newborn Hal. She was at her Intrapartum site at a delivery, had supported a woman through labor and a resident came in to do the birth. She was bummed, but stepped aside.
At birth the baby was taken to the warmer and was not responsive. The nursery staff who accepted the baby looked panicked, picked up stethoscopes to try and find heart tones and RR and began anxiously saying call for Peds....not doing anything else at all. Kathy picked up the anesthesia bag.
After determining the HR <
100, she gave some ventilations and began chest compressions. The baby’s heart rate rose quickly, and she continued PPV for about 2 1/2 minutes until the baby let out a cry
and took off. This was all before the Pediatric staff arrived. She shared that she was calm, knew exactly what to do, and the staff essentially called her a hero for saving the baby. She clearly expressed her appreciation for the work with Newborn Hal, staying calm under this event due to practicing numerous simulations with us, and had GREAT appreciation for her knowledge. I thought Gaumard should hear a real story of how simulation saves lives!
March of Dimes Report More than 1 million babies born prematurely reportedly die each year and the March of Dimes suggests the situation could worsen. The report, which used data collected by the World Health Organization, notes the highest rate of prematurity is in Africa followed by Asia and North America.
Gaumard recognizes this large and growing problem. As part of our global commitment to the children, we offer two Premie simulators the Premie Blue and Premie HAL®. Both simulators are fully described on our website www.gaumard.com. Premie HAL uses our proven tetherless technology, making it the world’s most advanced Premie simulator. HAL weighs in at just under 1400 grams.
Contact Gaumard to learn more about our growing family of tetherless simulators designed to provide a realisitic learning experience.
US Army awards AWR certification for the HAL® simulator from Gaumard® Scientific Gaumard, who pioneered tetherless simulation in 2004, announced that its HAL tetherless simulator achieved Airworthiness Release (AWR) Certification from the United States army on July 13, 2007. AWR certification is a fundamental milestone that allows the U.S. military to use Gaumard’s tetherless HAL and its wireless laptop computer, supplied by Motion Computing, during flight operations aboard MEDEVAC H-60 Helicopter.
The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) completed extensive aeromedical testing and evaluation of HAL during 2006 in its laboratories, as well as in flight assessments by engineers and medical personnel under a variety of flight conditions aboard a JUH-60A helicopter. Tests include electromagnetic interference and compatibility EMI/EMC, environmental, and human factors testing to certify HAL meets stringent requirements to operate onboard U.S. military aircraft during flight. Meeting the Army’s airworthiness requirements marks HAL as the first tetherless simulator awarded this distinction. This extensive testing program, which even included emergency decompression from 45000 feet, further affirms HAL’s durability, reliability, and performance in demanding environments.
NOELLE® Delivers in Munich NOELLE® is a regular visitor to this terrific Bavarian city. This time NOELLE® visited InSIM 2009 where Dr. Marc Lazarovici and Dr. Cristoph Scholz presented her to visitors at the INM simulation center.
Thanks go to Dr. Lazarovici who provided these photos of NOELLE® who delivered time and time again without even once complaining! These photos show just a part of INM’s innovative simulation center designed to transport patients from one venue to another while cameras record every action of the participants. A perfect application for a family of tetherless simulators!
As many of you know, Gaumard pioneered tetherless simulation back in 2004 in response to the simulation community who needed simulators that could be treated like real patients. Now, in 2009, Gaumard is proud to lead the way with a growing family of eight advanced tetherless simulators. Many thanks to all for a very enjoyable and productive meeting.
NOELLE® a hit in Berlin Standing room only crowds were evident at the 9th International Perinatal Conference where Dr. Amos Grunebaum, Director of Obstetrics at the Weill Cornell Medical College, presented Goals of Shoulder Dystocia Drills using the NOELLE® 575 as a willing participant.
The NOELLE® 575 is the most advanced of our NOELLE® family of obstetric simulators. She is tetherless and effortlessly transitions between physiologic states in response to commands from a wireless tablet PC. NOELLE® performed flawlessly and never once complained! Thanks go to Dr. Grunebaum for a terrific delivery.
NORDIC SIMULATORS OY Jani Wallenius and his team in Lahti, Finland specialize in building turn-key simulation centers and feature Gaumard’s entire family of tetherless simulators. Visit their website at www.nordicsimulators.fi and go to the NEWS page to learn more. Jani points out that an entire Gaumard tetherless family has moved north to near the Arctic Circle and settled near Oulu Polytechnic University! We wish them all the very best!
