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This years IMSH 2012 takes place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California from January 27th through February 1st, 2012. They have assembled a fantastic educational program of courses, workshops, panels and debates.
Gaumard is bringing their family of tetherless simulators, along with an exciting workshop featuring their latest product.
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Last September, over 107 first responder agencies; Denver's North Central Region, the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and Homeland Security came together to create a terrorist-based, Mumbai style "attack" at four separate areas of metropolitan Denver, Colorado.
SWAT teams, bomb squads, police, military, ambulances and hospitals responded to reports of gunfire, bombs exploding, major injuries and general mayhem. Gaumard's HAL® S3201 and S3101 sustained "life threatening injuries" and were the focus of medical students in the E.R. at the University of Colorado Hospital.
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The Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI) has been conducting state-of-the-art, hands-on educational courses for physicians, nurses and other medical professionals from across the country and around the world. They have developed a training program to ensure an effective interface between civilians and military operation in the event of a catastrophe requiring aeromedical evacuation.
Such was the thinking behind a mock "earthquake" at their facility incorporating the Civilian Aeromedical Evacuation Sustainment Training (CAEST). These trainings will continue until May, 2012, addressing significant issues associated with operations and practice differences between civilian and military systems.
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January has been designated as Cervical Health Awareness Month. During this month we bring attention to some of the issues and screenings related to cervical cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 13,000 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed and about 4,100 women will die of the disease. Cervical cancer is preventable and curable if detected early.
January 8th through 14th is National Folic Awareness Week. We focus our attention on the importance of this B vitamin in the fight against birth defects.
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From 1578, when medicine was first formally taught in Mexico, until the beginning of the 1970s, Mexico has experienced a chronic shortage of doctors (especially in rural areas). In the 1970s, the Mexican government began promoting the formation of more medical schools.
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Akron Children's Hospital participated as one of Dr. Karlson's "beta simulation test sites." They ran through one of the scenarios that Dr. Karlson had designed for her newest S.T.A.B.L.E. Program publication. "It's a great education program and to be able to combine that with HAL," said Ms. Firestone, "makes my life so much easier because it's already designed for me."
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The Hannaford Center for Safety, Innovation and Simulation at Maine Medical Center has created an impressive simulation scenario for Gaumard's HAL® Newborn S3010. Todd Dadaleares is the Chief Simulation Specialist.
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"Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me" –Virginia Apgar
Doctors and nurses are familiar with the Apgar Score – the test given to every newborn baby right after birth to quickly access the newborn's physical condition. Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration.
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November is Prematurity Awareness, COPD Awareness, and American Diabetes Month.
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Product Spotlight
Gaumard's HAL® S3201 is the 11th member of our tetherless family. HAL takes yet another step forward with capabilities to include not only the use of real medical devices like real mechanical ventilators and 12 lead ECGs but also an incredible level of control over the feedback displayed.
What sets this product apart is the level of control one has over HAL's physiology and the results seen in devices like ventilators and ECG monitors. Instructors can change HAL's condition from a wireless PC that operates up to 300 meters away, while students get accurate feedback using a real Osat monitor, BP cuff, defibrillator, and cardiac pacemaker.
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Dr. Shelly Holmstrom was not new to the advantages of simulation. She has used Gaumard's NOELLE® on the labor and delivery floor with nurses. "She is a very sophisticated tool," Dr. Holmstrom said, "If you suspend your disbelief and treat it like a real situation – you can really get caught up in the scenarios."
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Always seeking to be cutting-edge and innovative, Anglia Ruskin University's Postgraduate Medical Institute (PMI) contacted Gaumard to outfit their simulation center. The entire process, from planning to ribbon-cutting, took PMI just forty-two days.
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – an annual, international health campaign to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for outreach, research, prevention, treatment, and ultimately a cure.
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Recognizing the need for early detection, Gaumard® offers an excellent training platform in the form of its breast examination simulators.
Gaumard's newest simulator, the Breast Phantom Simulator S230.52, combines state-of-the-art materials to create a realistic look, feel, and texture to improve hand/eye coordination when performing ultrasound guided aspirations of cysts, or biopsy of dense masses.
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The Community College of Aurora is located on the former Lowry Air Force Base and has taken full-advantage of how much space the old base covers. They have done this by transforming part of their campus into Hollywood sound stages.
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Deborah Donahue is among the nursing faculty at Labouré College and also runs their simulation center. She has been teaching simulation for over four years and joined the faculty three years ago. She creates the scenarios, using Gaumard's Susie® 2000.
After running a scenario on Susie for the college's marketing department, their exact words were "Let's find a high-end venue. Could you bring this manikin to a restaurant?"
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In the month of September we are highlighting the awareness of Atrial Fibrillation, Prostate Cancer and Ovarian Cancer. Gaumard has always been at the forefront of innovation; acknowledging the need for early detection of these and many life threatening diseases.
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Gaumard's tetherless technology allows you to rush Susie® 2000 from the accident scene to the ER, to the ICU, and on to recovery while using real monitoring and resuscitation devices.
With Gaumard's intuitive software, control Susie's airway, breathing, circulation, and much more using a 12-inch, tablet PC or 17-inch, touchscreen monitor.
On Susie S2000, you can also conduct breast examinations, teach BSE techniques, and with the GYN package, perform a bimanual pelvic exam and more.
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Blank Children's Hospital in Iowa and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota each have mobile simulation centers providing strictly pediatric and neonatal simulation. They both agree that their mobile simulation centers have made a significant contribution to neonatal and pediatric education in their state.
Each center uses Gaumard's tetherless HAL® simulators. Blank Children's Hospital mobile simulation center in Iowa uses Newborn HAL S3010 and Five Year HAL S3005; Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota mobile simulation center uses Premie HAL S3009, One Year HAL S3004, and Five Year HAL S3005.
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"Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me" –Virginia Apgar
Most doctors and nurses are familiar with the Apgar Score – the test given to every newborn baby right after birth to quickly access the newborn's physical condition. Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration.
The test was conceived by Dr. Virginia Apgar in 1952. Before Dr. Apgar's scoring system, prenatal problems and complications mostly went undetected resulting in physically weakened babies and many infant deaths.
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International News from Belo Horizonte, Brazil and Sapporo, Japan
Gaumard in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
On July 6th through July 8th, thousands of nurses and administrators traveled to Belo Horizonte, Brazil for the COEN Congress – a special conference for nurses working in neonatal, gynecology, and obstetrics.
Gaumard in Sapporo, Japan
Gaumard also attended the 47th Annual Congress of Japan Society of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine held in Sapporo, Japan on July 10th to July 12th.
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The Palmetto Health Simulation Center sees more than 9,000 simulation encounters a year. RN staff and medical students make up the bulk of the participants along with paramedics, attending physicians, respiratory therapists, second year residents, and nurse practitioners.
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Our Marketing department has been busy uncovering exciting stories about Gaumard products. We recently were featured in The Wall Street Journal, on local television in Scottsdale, Arizona, and on the hit television show The Little Couple. Be sure to read the entire story by clicking the link after each synopsis and follow us on Facebook to check out more articles and video clips!
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Since its inception in 1994, Hospitalar has grown to be the largest and most complete health care tradeshow in South America. This year, the 18th edition of Hospitalar in São Paulo, Brazil brought in over 1,250 exhibitors and 91,000 attendees from 64 countries. The attendees ranged from university representatives, hospital directors, health care professionals, students, and distributors.
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Simulation- a limitless training methodology: pushing the limits in education, training, and research.
This was the theme at the 2011 meeting of The Society in Europe for Simulation Applied to Medicine (SESAM). SESAM is a network of simulation enthusiasts from many health care professions in Europe. For seventeen years, they have held annual meetings to address the state of simulation use in medicine.
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MOES™ is a comprehensive package of simulator technology, scenario-based training and performance measurement and debriefing tools designed to build competencies needed to help manage OB emergencies.
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On May 3rd, Cristina Ramirez, a biomedical engineer from Gaumard, visited Jose de Diego Middle School in Miami, Florida. She was asked to speak about her current work at Gaumard, to garner interest in the sciences. While there, Cristina had no idea the response she was about to get from the students. Here is her experience in her own words.
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In the United States, June is known as being the first month of summer and for Father's Day. Father's Day is the one day of the year where dads are expected to take the day off and relax with naps, presents, and barbeques.
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ZACK™ Multipurpose Male Care Simulator is a great simulator for teachers, students, and health care professionals. Zack™ combines five medical scenarios into one simulator. You can practice:
- Giving a testicular examination
- Catheterization
- The No Scalpel Vasectomy, NSV, technique
- Locating nine tumors using an endoscope
- Performing a digital examination using four, interchangeable prostates
Please visit http://www.gaumard.com/subproducts.asp?id=13 for more information on Zack™ and our entire line of men's health products.
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This year's American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) conference was held in Washington, D.C. Many of those attending were international health care providers. We were pleased to find the attendees eager to explore our women's health products including the birthing simulator, S575 NOELLE®, and one of our newest products, MOES™.
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On May 10th, Gaumard Scientific participated in the Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center's Women's Health Fair in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Our Breast Self Examination simulator (S230.42) was very popular with women and health care professionals at the fair.
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Gaumard Scientific introduced its revolutionary, new simulator, HAL® S1030, at the EMS Today 2011 Conference in March. The review team at JEMS magazine recognized the cutting-edge simulator, awarding it "One of the Most Innovative Products of 2011."
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Women's Health Week started in the 1920s, caught on in the 1980s, and by 1999 became a National Presidential Proclamation highlighting the importance of "protecting women's health and promoting prevention, awareness, and educational activities that improve the health of all women".
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In recognition of National Women's Health Week, May 8-14, 2011, Gaumard will be participating in Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center's Women's Health Fair on Tuesday May 10th, 2011 from 10 am -3 pm. We will be highlighting our women's health trainers including our breast self examination simulator, our condom model, cervical replicas and much more.
May is also Women's Health Month and Gaumard is committed to educating women about their health and well being;, enabling women worldwide to make meaningful choices to improve their physical health.
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On May 8th, millions of women in the United States and Canada will receive visits and gifts from loved ones. And, all around the world, women will be celebrated during different times of the year.
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Rural areas of Missouri now have access to high-tech health care training equipment and techniques. The MIU School of Medicine and its Russell D. and Mary B. Sheldon Clinical Simulation Center, in partnership with Missouri Area Health Education Centers (AHEC), created Mobile Sim in response to the need for interactive and high-tech training resources in rural areas.
On board the 30-foot vehicle are three high-tech simulators, including, Noelle and Baby Hal. Mobile Sim is also equipped with cameras that record participants and data storage devices to capture a variety of training sessions. Trained staff provide on-site setup and assistance for each session, and patient actors can be employed to make the learning experience even more realistic and effective.
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Gaumard Scientific recently exhibited at the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health Conference at Warwick University Conference Centre where 1500 delegates from the UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East were in attendance.
Gaumard's Pediatric simulators generated considerable interest at RCPCH. Doctors especially liked how Gaumard's simulator, Newborn Hal, was wireless and mobile and could be setup in hospital and simulator centers.
Those involved in Neonatal and Paediatric Retrieval and Transportation groups were excited about the prospect of continuous training scenarios on the move.
Photo: Muhammad Shamsuddin Khan, MD learns the finer points of Newborn Hal from Lorimer Annan.
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Product Spotlight
S230.52 Breast Phantom Simulator
This training tool was developed to assist health professionals in teaching the processes and skills required to perform ultrasound identification of cysts and solid masses and can be used to train ultrasound-guided needle aspiration and needle biopsy.
The Breast Phantom Simulator features a left breast containing six (6) dense masses and three cysts, the right contains ten (10) cysts of different sizes and depths. Students have the ability to visualize cysts and masses using REAL ultrasound equipment and conduct guided needle biopsies on breasts that are realistic in texture and look.
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Provides pathologies for the training of both self-examination and clinical examination. The left breast can be used to train either the spiral or grid pattern technique for breast self-examination. It includes lumps ranging in size from 14.0 - 19.0 mm. The right breast incorporates four different pathologies for clinical examination training. It includes an enlarged lymph node, a fibroadenoma, a cyst, and a fibrocystic mass.
The breasts are made of a proprietary silicone for increased durability and realism. They look and feel more natural, creating a close approximation to an actual patient, including changing the texture and coloring of the areola.
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Photos Courtesy of Doctors Without Borders
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On March 11th at 2:46pm, Japan was hit with a 9.0 earthquake causing subsequent tsunamis. Within minutes, Japan's own J-DMAT, Japan Disaster Medical Assistance Team, was deployed to provide medical treatment in the devastated areas.
Working with J-DMAT is Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a medical, humanitarian organization that was founded in 1971 by doctors and journalists. From their beginning, MSF has been committed to providing quality medical care for people caught in a crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation. MSF now provides medical aid to people in nearly sixty countries that have been affected by violence, neglect, or catastrophe.
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Photos Courtesy of ShelterBox
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Responding to the tragedy in Japan is ShelterBox, an organization based out of Cornwall, England. Founded by former Royal Navy Search and Rescue Diver, Tom Henderson, ShelterBox has proven to be integral to communities rebuilding after a natural or man-made disaster.
Before starting ShelterBox in 1999, Henderson's research found that after a disaster immediate help came in the form of food and medicine but rarely shelter. Henderson, with the help of tent manufacturer Vango, came up with a custom-made tent that is the heart of every ShelterBox. The tent is designed to sleep up to ten people and withstand extreme temperatures, high winds, and heavy rain.
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What happened on March 11th in Japan was a very human tragedy but let's not forget the animal tragedy. Here are some organizations currently rescuing and sheltering animals in Japan's devastated areas.
Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support http://www.jears.org/
Humane Society International>
‡ http://www.hsi.org/
World Vets
‡ http://www.worldvets.org/
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Three weeks before the earthquake hit, Gaumard's Distributor in Tokyo, Japan, Masanori Seki, Deputy Director of Active Medical Co., Ltd. attended an OB Simulation seminar at Chiba University Hospital where they featured Gaumard's birthing simulator - Noelle.
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This advanced airway simulator connects to your REAL ventilator with five levels of independently controlled airway resistance. Experience ten levels of static compliance, from 15 to 90mL/cm H2O. This HAL is yet another example of Simulation Made Easy™. Includes laptop with 11" display and carrying case with rollers.
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The Medical Education & Research Institute (MERI) is a nonprofit medical teaching and training facility in Memphis, TN.
The MERI conducts state-of-the-art, hands-on educational courses for physicians from across the country and around the world.
This past January, MERI Simulation Center, Memphis Fire Department and members of the TN Disaster Force utilized Genesis donors, human patient simulators, and actors to stage a real-life terrorist bombing exercise.
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Preventable medical errors are the 6th leading cause of death in the US, more than car accidents and homicides combined. To solve this crisis, healthcare providers and patients need better ways to attend to, and learn from these situations. Gaumard continues to promote the need for patient education and awareness through it's women's and men's health simulators. We look forward to seeing you at the NPSF 2011 Conference in Washington, DC, May 26th-27th - Booth #605
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Gaumard recognizes that women have unique health care needs and are committed to helping health care professionals educate women based on correct information. We offer quite simply, the best gynecologic simulator available. ZOE® combines the ability to demonstrate multiple gynecologic procedures as well as practice laparoscopic procedures and minilaparotomy. Visit www.gaumard.com for information on our full line of women's health simulators.
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The Heart Truth® - a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease - created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wakeup call to American women. Gaumard joins with all women in raising awareness of the number one killer of women - heart disease.
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Gaumard is proud to have introduced five new products at the IMSH 2011 Meeting in New Orleans.
Gaumard's unique family of tetherless simulators visited IMSH from January 23-25 in beautiful New Orleans, Louisiana.
The whole family of HAL®, NOELLE®, Susie®, Pediatrics, and Neonates spent a few days in New Orleans. Accompanying them was their extended family of tetherless simulators, HAL® S1020 – 12 Lead ECG, HAL® S1000 – Advanced ALS and the HAL® 1030 Lung Compliance simulator.
Everyone had a spectacular time with countless visitors stopping by to meet with the whole family and check out our new booths. It was non-stop action and non-stop fun for Gaumard's unique family of tetherless simulators at IMSH 2011. For additional information and pictures please click below.
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Gaumard is extremely proud to announce that it has secured a worldwide exclusive license to produce and market its NOELLE® simulator using The Mobile Obstetric Emergencies Simulator (MOES) system developed by LTC Shad Deering MD et. al.
Gaumard® Scientific traces its history to 1946 when its founder, a WW II British Army physician, recognized how synthetic polymers could be used to manufacture skeletal simulators. In 1949, a childbirth simulator was developed in collaboration with the international health care community.
Fifty years later in 2000, Gaumard introduced the first of its NOELLE childbirth simulators as part of a "Safe Motherhood" program initiated by the international health care community.
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A major theme of I/ITSEC 2010 is the recent growth of simulation in healthcare and the potential for expanding growth in the coming years.
Mike Graf from Gaumard Scientific says, "as time goes on, 'clinicals' are getting very scarce, not only for colleges but for programs as well. And this is a way that the students can practice their clinicals. I like to look at it that simulation is the place to make mistakes. Our patients don't have 'reset' buttons. We can't push a button and start over. But with simulation we can take a timeout, stop, and ask whether we are doing good or bad for our patients. We don't have that luxury when somebody is bleeding out in front of us."
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This October, students gathered outside Germantown campus to observe NOELLE being transported in the Hospital Wing helicopter.
Flight nurse, Jan Weatherred, RN, BSN and flight paramedic, Jeremy Cifaldi quickly delivered a young accident victim (NOELLE) to the Emergency Department nursing staff of fictitious Union University Hospital...
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This September, a five-year old boy was thrown from an ATV and suffered blunt trauma with a ruptured spleen. EMS rushed to the scene, calmed the panicked parents, and stabilized the youngster. The child was transported in an ambulance to the ER at Boundary Community Hospital in Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Hospital staff quickly determined a specialty center was needed. Life Flight was called, and the five-year old was readied for transport in a helicopter.
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A week later, it happened again.
Fortunately, the five-year old was Gaumard's Pediatric HAL® simulator. Idaho Simulation Network and Idaho EMS Children's Program recently organized a massive outreach to teach rare patient cases and improve teamwork. The outreach involved four hospitals, 97 EMS and hospital participants, two helicopter companies, and four Gaumard® tetherless simulators.
The scenarios included blunt trauma in a five-year old and sepsis in a newborn. Both are life-threatening cases that health practitioners seldom experience. Teamwork was also a major focus of the simulation, especially during the handoffs between the hospital and helicopter staff.
After each simulation was completed, participants met for a full debriefing. They shared success stories and ideas on how to improve their responses to real emergencies.
The feedback from participants was very enthusiastic.
"We found that doing four codes in one day was an incredibly valuable experience! Our nurses commented that the mannequins were so real they felt as nervous as if they were caring for actual pediatric patients and were thankful for the opportunity to practice." –Sue Higgins, DNS, Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino, Idaho.
Marion Constable, Interim Director of the Idaho Simulation Network, said, "We hope to continue this outreach to all 27 critical access hospitals in Idaho and work with our colleagues in Oregon to do the same…and then on to obstetrics!"
For more information about the Idaho Simulation Network, visit www.idahosimnetwork.org.
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The statistics are frightening. Over 350,000 women are still dying each year in pregnancy and childbirth. The vast majority of these deaths are preventable [1]. In sub-Saharan Africa, a woman's maternal mortality risk is 1 in 30. Compare this with the 1 in 5,600 risk women have in more developed parts of the world [2]. Maternal health is further destabilized by the threat of HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death among reproductive-age women worldwide [3].
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Efforts to improve the maternal mortality rate are hindered by limited access to pre- and postnatal care, unsanitary conditions and a shortage of midwives [1]. The worsening economic state of many countries has made it even harder to access adequate funding for healthcare programs.
As daunting as this appears, there have been significant improvements. Successful programs have largely focused on creating maternal health centers and training midwives [4]. Egypt, for example, has doubled the rate of women who are attended by trained healthcare workers during delivery [4].
Women worldwide need access to skilled healthcare workers. Training these providers can be a challenging task with limited financial resources available. Gaumard® has addressed this issue by assembling five low-cost packages that focus on maternal and reproductive health. These training packages combine infection prevention skills with delivery and family planning tools.
To view the packages, click here.
For more information on maternal health, visit
‡http://www.who.int/topics/maternal_health/en/
[1] Moyer, Melinda Wenner. Childbirth Still a Risky Undertaking in Many Countries. (September 20, 2010). Retrieved October 27, 2010, from http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=maternal-health.
[2] A Global Review of Maternal Mortality. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, from http://www.childinfo.org/maternal_mortality.html.
[3] Global View of Mortality and Morbidity. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, from http://www.globalhealth.org/womens_health/global_view/.
[4] Skilled Birth Attendants. (n.d.). Retrieved October 27, 2010, from http://www.who.int/making_pregnancy_safer/topics/skilled_birth/en/index.html.
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Brevard Community College, in Cocoa, FL, had significant success on July 14th, 2010, with the completion of Parrish Hospital's first SMART Training course. BCC's Human Patient Simulation (HPS) Department, under the Institute of Nursing, partnered with senior Parrish administrators to initiate their newest program.
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SMART, or Synergistic Medical And Resource Team, Training is the hospital's communication program designed to reduce and eliminate critical medical errors. This two-day course is intended to promote patient safety through the advancement of teamwork. SMART Training is performed in a realistic environment that empowers participants to apply communication skills, and utilizes HAL®, a wireless/tetherless Gaumard® simulator, capable of replicating breathing, pulse, blood pressure, and many other functions, to effectively emulate living patients in a hospital setting.
HPS Coordinator Nick Sciarro was quoted, "Human patient simulation is the wave of the future, today." He laughed, continuing, "BCC is extremely fortunate to be at the forefront, because it's a tidal wave."
Watch BCC's Mass Casualty Drill using Gaumard Simulators here :
‡ http://www.gaumard.com/videos.html
‡ Brevard Community College
‡ Parrish Hospital
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The first life-size childbirth simulator was developed in 1758 by Madame du Coudray of France, a woman also known as the "King's Midwife." This machine, constructed of flesh-colored linen and leather with wood and wicker frames, enabled students to practice scenarios from normal deliveries to breech presentations. Her simulator is on display at the Musée Flaubert in Rouen, France.
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Madame du Coudray published a textbook augmenting her simulator in 1759, entitled "Abrégé de l'art des accouchements." That same year, King Louis XV extended to Madame du Coudray his royal patronage for her to travel throughout France and teach delivery skills to local women.
Balancing the thin line between pacifying men and empowering women in 18th century France, Madame du Coudray spent a quarter of a century teaching her two-month course to women in the poor rural provinces. She taught roughly 4,000 women to replace the local matrons who largely had no training and often harmed the women and babies they delivered. Madame du Coudray's mission, reiterated countless times in letters and held up until the end of her life, was for "le bien de l'humanité," "The good of mankind."
Nina Rattner Gelbart's biography of Madame du Coudray, "The King's Midwife" can be found at
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Source: Gelbart, Nina R. "The King's Midwife: A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray." London, England: University of California Press, Ltd. 1998
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BASICS Education Scotland uses their HAL 3000 extensively for pre-hospital training, particularly in the remote and rural areas of Scotland where immediate care services are limited. Then HAL gets to relax in the sun with a well-earned cocktail.
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"My simulators are impossible to move…"
"My simulators require specially trained technicians to write scenarios..."
Gaumard® listened to your comments, and presented the problem to their design team. By 2004, Gaumard had introduced the world's first tetherless simulator, HAL® 3000. In the next 6 years, HAL® was quickly followed by 7 more revolutionary tetherless simulators.
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The introduction of HAL® and his siblings completely changed the way simulation is used in training. In 2002, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) conducted a study in which they found that poor communication is one of the most common causes of medical error.‡ Tetherless technology addresses this in a powerful way: students and staff can treat tetherless simulators like real patients and administer treatment wherever it is needed. It is possible to transport the simulators in the tight quarters of EMS vehicles and helicopters to the destination facility. Once in the building, staff can practice hand-offs between departments and hone communication skills and policies.
Tetherless simulation is also a must for military on the move. In 2006, the US Army completed extensive aeromedical testing and evaluation of HAL® under a variety of flight conditions aboard both a JUH-60A helicopter and a fixed wing military aircraft. Following successful completion of all tests, HAL® was awarded the Airworthiness Release (AWR) on July 13, 2007. HAL® is the first tetherless simulator to achieve this distinction. Defense Forces in other countries have also flight tested and purchased Gaumard® tetherless simulators.
HAL®'s Airworthiness Release further demonstrates the durability, reliability and performance of Gaumard's tetherless simulators in demanding environments.
‡ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NUZ/is_2_1/ai_90683346/ |
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L’Aquila, Italy, was devastated by an earthquake of 6.3 magnitude in April of 2009. This earthquake was one of many that have caused widespread damage to the town- L’Aquila sits on an ancient lake bed that amplifies seismic activity. Close to 15,000 buildings collapsed in the earthquake of 2009 and over 250 people died. ‡
Enter Accurate Health and Learning, a young and dynamic Italian company committed to clinical simulation. Accurate has been a licensed distributor of Gaumard since early 2010, and is involved in both the marketing of simulation equipment and the development of simulation centers, labs and hospitals. They also develop high tech training tailored to customers’ needs.
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In May 2010, Accurate teamed up with the University of L’Aquila to build a simulation center- but one that is far from traditional. This simulation center is actually a simulation tent; albeit an extremely high-tech tent. In this environment of limited space, having tetherless technology is a must. The simulation center is now used by the University of L’Aquila nurses for training; an essential facet of their education in this earthquake-prone city.
This is just one of the many things Accurate has accomplished since their conception. In April 2010, the first Italian Society for Simulation in Medicine (SIMMED) made Accurate its main technological partner. The SIMMED Simulation Center opens this November at the Careggi Hospital in Florence, Italy.
Accurate is also in the midst of building the Advanced Simulation Center of the Perugia University (MeSIT), scheduled to start training courses in November.
Both centers will be rife with Gaumard’s family of simulators.
‡ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/world/europe/07italy.html |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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! |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Gaumard Scientific
www.gaumard.com
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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!
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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. |
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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.
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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. |
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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!
www.nordicsimulators.fi
www.nordicsimulators.fi/laureaenglishvideo.mpg |
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