Taking only a matter of months to supersede the last world record set in Arlington,Texas, the new world record for the largest CPR training class has now moved south of the border to Mexico with the aid of MiniAnne / CPR Anytime. Earlier this year on the 21st March - 6,577 people passed through the turnstiles of Stadium Jalisco to participate in what has been dubbed – The First Cardio Marathon.
 

Training and education of students in paramedicine and for EMS staff is changing after the Tasmanian Ambulance Service implemented simulation training in 2006. The hands-on simulation training has the learners demonstrate knowledge and skills at a whole new level and the training generates conficence. 

Their pupils can dilate. They can replicate abnormal breathing patterns. They can bleed and even go into shock.

They can also help save lives.

That’s a lot to ask of a manikin, but the staff of the newly opened III Marine Expeditionary Force Casualty Simulation Center is confident in its state-of-the-art gear.

Founded in 1949, the National Federation of Licensed Professional Nurses (NFLPN) is the official voice of licensed practical nurses (LPNs) and licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) in the United States. It provides leadership for nearly one million members and is the only organization governed entirely by LPNs and LVNs. The NFLPN fosters high standards of nursing care and promotes continued competence through education/certification and lifelong learning, with an emphasis on public protection. NFLPN established the first continuing education program in the US nursing field in 1968; they continue to evaluate programs and award continuing education credits (CEUs) when programs meet their high standards.

To better facilitate learning of clinical and communication skills, the University of Bath invested in a state-of-the-art training suite for their pharmacy students. A full size human-like advanced simulator further enables the students to practice examination skills, including diagnosis and treatment of patients. 

"The post-op patient was going into hypovolemic shock," shares a junior BSN student at Jefferson School of Nursing in Philadelphia, Pa. "He was hollering at me, the vitals were dropping, I had to think quickly—what’s my first nursing intervention? Who do I call? How can I utilize my resources? How can I reassure my patient?"

Formula 1 racing is one of the most exciting and widely watched sports in the world, with an estimated global TV audience of over 600 million people. As the sport has developed over the years with cars getting faster, increasing the dangers for drivers, safety has become one of the sport’s most important considerations.

A new Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Training CPR Lesson’ has been made in Arlington, Texas. One hundred and four school buses transported 4,626 Arlington Independent School District eighth grade students to Cowboys stadium in Arlington to take part in the 30 minute training session. [Read more...]

In 2005, the National Board of Health and the Danish Red Cross launched a project distributing free CPR training kits to all Danish 7th Grade school children. With their strong focus on CPR training and already engaged in a number of community CPR programmes, the TrygFonden foundation considered this school project an excellent opportunity to further widen the scope of CPR competence among the lay public.

Challenges for the Weisses Kreuz EMS   

• Scattered villages
• Typical alpine landscape
• Shifting weather conditions
• Steep and winding mountain roads 

The region’s main EMS Weisses Kreuz (White Cross) was established in 1965 with the aims to:   

• Provide help for ill and injured people
• Ensure safe transportation to the hospitals 

The Training    

The paramedics undergo thorough training at the Weisses Creuz’s own ambulance school and the training is carried out in accordance with national- and regional standards. [Read more...]

“What we do to develop the simulation training is quite unique here in Scandinavia”, says Specialised Nurse and Operational Coordinator at the Army Medical Service Course Centre (FSAN), Lotta Lyden. To bring a greater sense of reality into the practical training, a new concept has been developed inside the surgery building. [Read more...]

The center for Military Medicine was looking to renew its educational models as the instructors wanted to bring more realism into the replicated war-like scenarios that are developed for paramedic training. The center found that a simulation studio would enable the training team to recreate more lifelike battlefields, treatment sites, and rare types of emergency situations than the more traditional methods had previously allowed for.

SimMan 3G appeared on national television. Simman 3G was used to demonstrate how to conduct CPR in a home emergency situation.

Emergency Training Resources (ETR) is the emergency medical and safety training division of Danbury Health Care Affiliates, and in conjunction with Danbury Hospital, serves as the premier community healthcare provider for the greater Danbury area. ETR has been providing leading edge consultation and educational programmes to corporations, public safety institutions and health and government organisations since 1999. [Read more...]

Emergency Consultants Inc. started quite by chance in 1984. The Texas Department of Health called upon Jerry Reichel to help provide EMS training. As an EMS provider, he had already conducted training to meet the specific needs of Emergency Services personnel in West Columbia, Texas.

Three hospitals investigate ways to achieve these objectives with their BLS training and adopt the HeartCode program.

Inga-Britt from Lesja in Norway reacted instantly as her father arrested and collapsed across the dinner table. First she dialed for an ambulance. Then she instructed her mother how to perform CPR on the father.

The Public Emergency Medical System of Galicia (The Galician EMS) is part of the local medical district of Galicia. Located in Santiago de Compostela in Spain, the Training Center opened in 2000 and to date trains 4,500 clinical personnel on an annual basis. EMS staff account for 80% of this number, followed by physicians and nurses in 24/7 primary care and specialists in family medicine.

The Geneva University Hospital serves a population of 450,000 and employs 1,300 physicians and 3,400 nurses. The Simulation Program at the University Hospital of Geneva (SIMULHUG) was established in 2007. Dr. Savoldelli, Consultant Anesthesiologist at the hospital and a key driver behind the program, wanted to provide better training methods for the hospital’s physicians, nurses and medical students, and believed that simulation was an effective route to improve individual medical skills and the performance of interdisciplinary teams. [Read more...]

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (LPCH) can trace its roots to the Stanford Home for Convalescent children established in 1919 and today offers a comprehensive range of treatments and services from over 650 physicians and 4750 staff support and volunteers. LPCH is a world-class, non-profit hospital devoted entirely to the care of babies, children, adolescents and expectant mothers with an extensive network of community and outreach services in dozens of locations around the San Francisco Bay area, and the greater Pacific Northwest. [Read more...]

Founded in 1855, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has emerged as one of the world’s leading paediatric hospitals and research facilities. The nation’s first children’s hospital and largest paediatric healthcare network, CHOP has facilities throughout the tri-state region (Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware). [Read more...]

Recognising that human factors underlie most medical errors, Tubingen University Hospital considers that Crisis Resource Management (CRM) training offers the most effective means to counteract the human factor threat, and that simulation provides the best tool to identify deficits in current practice, as well as implement training solutions to rehearse corrective measures.

In February 2010, Lord Ara Darzi, former health minister, officially opened the new simulation centre at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The state-of-the-art centre, which has been built primarily to train over 1,000 medical staff over the next two years, is an exemplar of the NHS’s commitment to improve patient safety.