Billings Clinic Partners with Simulation In Motion For Training Event
Author: Jenny Clowes, CEO Billings Clinic Broadwater
Billings Clinic Partners with Simulation in Motioin for Training Event Jenny Clowes, CEO Billings Clinic Broadwater In January, members of the Billings Clinic Broadwater hospital and ambulance service partnered with Simulation in Motion – Montana (SIM-MT) to practice response needs for a simulated event. Grant dollars were utilized to create training for the team for a simulated infectious disease outbreak. Research has repeatedly shown the benefits of simulation for learning hands-on skills, teamwork, and communication.
This simulated event involved a patient with a highly contagious disease presented to the ambulance team and then to the ER. SIM-MT utilized a mannequin that simulates vitals and allows the staff to perform all the necessary assessments of the patient and evaluate and utilize onsite tools and equipment.
In the simulation, the risks are lower in these situations, and participants can make mistakes and learn from them in a supportive space, so communities are ready when the stakes are high. Simulation can rapidly facilitate hospital preparation and education of large numbers of healthcare professionals, including public safety and emergency medical services. Offering these trainings allows opportunity for a community to scale up workforce capacity through experiential learning. Following the onsite simulation, the team was joined by the county disaster and emergency coordinator, hospital trauma coordinators, members from county public health, county commissioners, Broadwater County fire chief, and other county support members to debrief the day’s events. During the debrief, hospital and county officials discussed the county’s emergency response plan, knowing how to coordinate decisions, identifying potential gaps that exist and plans to address them.
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