15-05-2025
Mobile MU hospital simulation stops in Joplin to provide specialized training
JOPIN, Mo. — Staff at a local hospital is getting a high-tech chance to train for a range of deadly diagnoses – before a patient's life is at stake.
'An amazing opportunity that MU brought to us free of charge to train our employees on maybe some scenarios that they don't always get to see, and give them the opportunity to do it in a simulation lab work with their teammates, their coworkers, and really address some maybe patient issues in a safe environment,' said Ashley Jones, Freeman Prof. Dev. Dir.
It's a mobile training lab from the MU School of Medicine. Grant funding gives them the chance to travel the state, offering very specialized training.
'So one of the ones they're doing is a gunshot wound. So they can put in blood pressures and all of the vitals in there, and then the team can come together and assess, how are you going to treat, troubleshoot, and really look at all those components in almost looks like a real world environment,' said Jones.
Through scenarios ranging from a sedation overdose to postpartum the simulated patient can be an adult or a baby.
'The infant is kind of the one thing that everyone's been interesting because we don't see it all the time. It is so lifelike that it is it's very odd to see that, you know, this machine, but yeah, it looks like a baby is crying, and you can see it heart beating, and those kinds of things.'
Small groups work with the simulations – most often Freeman nurses.
'Some respiratory therapists came. Also some of the physicians have come, which is great, because they can come in and they're working side by side with these nurses and respiratory therapists, and they need to all know what everyone's doing,' said Hibes,
It's an opportunity to experience potentially life threatening situations – and find a better path forward before a patient's life is on the line.
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'Maybe there's some scenario, a part of that scenario, that they can change up a little bit to maybe fit what they are used to experiencing, or have they had an issue before, and they want to now readdress it, and they give them a chance to pre brief, and let's talk about it, go through the scenario and then debrief what went right, what went wrong, so that they do see that they'll be able to maybe address it better.'
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