High Fidelity Mobile Training Vehicle to be Unveiled on March 5
For Immediate Release Friday, February 24, 2012
Sponsored by: Health & Human Services Department, Administration Division
High Fidelity Mobile Training Vehicle to be Unveiled on March 5
Four area organizations have joined forces to develop a state-
of-the-art, high
fidelity mobile simulation vehicle that will be used to provide hands-on
training for EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and EMT students. After more than three years of planning and development, the vehicle will be unveiled on Monday, March 5, at 1:00 PM, at Hillsboro Fire Station #6.
Washington County Emergency Medical Services Office (WCEO), Portland Community College (PCC),
"We had been looking to expand our simulation program, too," says John Saito, Dean of Allied Health, Emergency, and Legal Services at PCC's Cascade campus. "When
In exchange for providing funding, expertise or other resources, each partner agency is able to utilize the vehicle to conduct trainings.
"This new vehicle represents a unique and valuable learning tool for pre-hospital training." says Dr. Todd Ellingson, OIT Medical Director.
The simulation vehicle is equipped like a fully functioning ambulance. Lifelike on-board mannequins breathe, sweat, bleed and even talk. They will be used to train students on inserting IVs, advanced airway and life support, chest decompressions, injecting fluids and medications directly into bone, and other life-saving measures. The ambulance is outfitted with sophisticated audiovisual equipment that allows students outside of the vehicle to observe what is happening inside.
Dr. Rob Cloutier, Director of Simulation, OHSU Dept of Emergency Medicine, says, "We hope the unit can offer pre-hospital providers a means of practicing low frequency high risk resuscitations and fine tune their teamwork skills better than ever before."
Contact:
Wendy Gordon, Dept. Communications Coordinator503-846-3634
wendy_gordon@co.washington.or.us
