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Meet the Simulators!

SimMan

SimBaby

PediaSim

NOELLE

Wireless NOELLE

Wireless HAL

Nursing Kid

Nursing Baby

 

Inventory

 

Simulation educators should make an appointment to become familiar with simulators and inventory at the simulation center. An inventory list is available for authorized users by e-mailing ruralsimcenter@csuchico.edu

 

Partnership

The SimCenter was developed by a community partnership.  Click on the button to learn about this innovative approach to Simulation Center Development.

 

Location

The Rural Northern California Simulation Center

560 Cohasset Road Chico, CA 95926

Phone: (530) 332-5091 Fax: 530-332-5093

"Increasing Patient Safety Through Improved Clinical Proficiency and Teamwork"
 

Equipment and Facilities at the Rural SimCenter

students in conference room

Students meet in the conference room for pre-briefing and de-briefing sessions. The conference room is equiped with a flat panel television that can be used for viewing patient simulation activities or for presentations.

 

Equipment:

The facility houses seven mock patient rooms with adult and pediatric human patient simulators, two birthing simulators and and three infant simulators. We also have a home visit room.

instructor and baby hal

There is a nursing station that is fully equipped to allow real life scenarios and allow practice of team skills. The facility is fully integrated with audio/visual equipment in 3 rooms to allow digital recording of simulations for debriefing and future review and refinement.

There is a control center which overlooks the main simulation center via a projection screen. Up to 4 areas can be controlled at one time making it possible to run multiple scenarios simultaneously.

There is a conference room with full visual capabilities that allow non-participants to view scenarios and critique participants. The conference room can accommodate up to 20 people.

We have a second conference room that can accomodate 10 people. This room does not have audio-visual capability.

Simulators:

student with simulator

Mid-fidelity Simulators: The center houses SimMan and SimBaby ©Laerdal. We also have PediSim © METI corp.

Low-fidelity Simulators: Not all educational activities require the high tech features available on our high fidelity simulators. We also have Laerdal's Nursing Kid and Nursing Baby. Students can also assist in a birth by using NOELLE ©Gaumard.

Medications, IV supplies and other equipment:

The Med Room

The center is equiped with (mock) medications, IV supplies and other equipment such as chest tubes, crash carts and other items that make simulations real! Please be sure you request the equipment necessary to accomplish your learning goals. Some equipment is not yet available and our staff will advise you if you require equipment not currently in our supply room.

Facilities:

Enloe Medical Center provides the necessary physical space to house the simulation center. The Enloe Medical Center Cohasset campus is an ideal site. This location has easy freeway access and ample parking to accommodate individuals and groups wishing to utilize the facility. There is an entrance available for direct entry to the center. The suggested simulation space is ideal because it is a 1200 square foot former hospital clinic space which includes 7 hospital patient rooms, a nursing station, a media operation center and a conference room or debriefing area as well as equipment storage space. We also have a computer lab that can be used by reservation.

Security:

Enloe Medical Center currently provides round the clock campus security. The Simulation Center has the same security as the overall hospital plant. Computer equipment that is required to operate the hi-fidelity patient simulators is secured with security cables and locked patient rooms. Video surveillance is present.

 

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