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(Medical-NewsWire.com, August 23, 2012 ) San Francisco, CA -- Ozark Technical Community College board of trustees spent nearly $500,000.00 on improvements to their allied health simulation center. These funds will be spent on remodeling the centers’ current space, as well as improvements to software, equipment, furniture, and architectural plans.
Much of their previous funding was spent on mannequins that bleed, breathe, speak, and even give birth. These mannequins cost $100,000.00 each and are used to train OTC students. They include software that allows instructors to track the progress of their students on several different aspects of medical care.
Instructors will be able to monitor the force and rate of compressions being used in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Additionally, the mannequins’ software can be used to review the administration of medicines such as morphine. Errors in prescribing or administering medications are one of the most common mistakes in medicine, and this simulation teaches students the right way to administer powerful medicines.
OTC Chancellor Hal Higdon says that the simulation lab improvement is a ‘big deal’ and will put them where they want to be relative to their training program.
The main educational tools used during the last two years have been four lifelike adult mannequins. These mannequins perspire (sweat) and their chests even move when they breathe. There is also an infant mannequin as well as a female mannequin who can simulate the birth process.
The mannequins have been used in training nurses, emergency responders, and even dental hygienists.
The same 2000 square foot space in Lincoln Hall that has been used for the last two years will still be used. Once the remodeling of the Lincoln Hall space is completed (probably sometime in December 2012), students from 12 different fields will be trained using the mannequins. This new space is expected to be much more lifelike and much more stressful for the students, according to lab director Michelle Howard.
The planned remodel includes separating the space into individual rooms; this is quite a change from the current large open space that holds several employee desks. There will also be a paging system installed as part of the remodelling process.
The medical simulation rooms will include an emergency room, an intensive care unit, and a labor/delivery unit. There will also be a residential apartment simulation where emergency responders will be arriving without knowing exactly what to expect inside the unit.
Their purpose of making the training more stressful is that in real life medical emergencies can be very stressful. Most errors in healthcare happen because the people involved in the situation are stressed. They either don’t know exactly what to do, or the stress level causes them to forget important parts of their training.
The mannequin training will make the process more real for the students according to Howard. She also says that real-life situations are more successful in allowing students to remember the lessons.
There were three bids for the remodeling job, and the board approved the lowest bid. Bidders included several Springfield firms: Kornerstone Konstruction, Bales Construction Co, and Nabholtz Construction Services. Kornerstone won the contract with a bid of $246,840.00 while Bales bid $265,500.00 and Nabholtz came in at $276,222.00
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