Kaweah Health Simulation Center

We had so much fun with our new SimBaby today, taking him out to his first in situ sim session with our peds team. Our learners had to manage this "patient" as he was being transported to the floor from a craniotomy, tackling his bradycardia, hypotension, and seizures with care and grace. Fantastic job, team!

We had so much fun with our new DimBaby today, taking him out to his first in situ sim session with our peds team. Our learners had to manage this "patient" as he was being transported to the floor from a craniotomy, tackling his bradycardia, hypotension, and seizures with care and grace. Fantastic job, team!

Look mom, we’re famous! So grateful and honored by the recognition we were given by Becker’s Hospital Review to put us on the list of 34 Hospitals and Health Systems with Great Simulation and Education Programs in 2023. Thank you so much to all who have come out and made our Sim Center what it is today!!

See the complete list here: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/34-hospitals-and-health-systems-with-great-simulation-and-education-programs-2023.html

We’re back it with more in situ sims! Today’s fun took place in the ED, where our fantastic standardized patient acted out signs of a stroke to allow for our ER providers to practice their acute stroke management skills. Great work, team!

Our first mock code in the cath lab today - so proud of all our participants!!

Our medical students are getting great practice in I and D’s today thanks to the creative work of our sim tech David!

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Caught in the act :-)
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We love seeing our clinical educators take Sim Center supplies and manikins over to the hospital - it allows for providers to be able to get valuable education without having to leave their shift!
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Email us today if you’d like to take supplies to your unit!

Ever get frustrated with how floppy your manikins and task trainers can be when transporting them? A c-collar can be an easy fix!

Share your favorite tidbits about easily moving your simulation supplies below :-)

In the spirit of the Tour de France, we decided to showcase this quote by former cyclist and former team boss of Groupama to highlight the importance of teamwork when going through difficult times. Share with your teammates today!

Thank you to our sim tech David for creating a fantastic simulation tool on which our equally amazing nurses can practice central line dressing changes...scroll through to see their great work!

Everyone guessed it right - last week, we posted a picture of fake ice as a clue to our next in situ sim, which was absolutely a case of malignant hyperthermia!!

Amazing work to our OR crew who identified the MH quickly, called the hotline for help, and started dantrolene in a timely fashion to help save the life of their patient - SimMan lives to see another day :-)

Here’s a little clue as to the topic of our in situ sim for today…can you figure out what it is??

Post your guesses below - we’ll post the answer Monday!!