The three BRMC manikins are “high fidelity” medical dummies, which means they are capable of reenacting a situation as close to real life as possible, says Shannon Nachtigal, Baxter Regional’s Chief Nursing Officer.
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The center, located on the third floor of the hospital, opened on Oct. 1 and offers four simulation rooms capable of replicating everything from surgery to emergency room trauma to labor and delivery. Baxter Regional employees have already logged more than 1,000 hours at the center, using it in its RN residency program, for mock code blues, professional development and COVID-19 training.
Sarah Brozynski, director of Baxter Regional’s Education Department, explains the idea behind a simulation center.
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The sim lab has full audio/visual recording capabilities, allowing participants and their supervisors the ability to replay what the simulations and break down what happened.
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Nachtigal says that establishing a simulation center had been on her wish list, but hospital administrators could never find the space in the budget to make it a reality.
The Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation conducted a fundraising campaign to help create the sim lab. Ed and Gayle Goodman served as the center’s naming donors.
Barney Larry, Baxter Regional’s Vice President of Business Development and the Executive Director of the Hospital Foundation, called the Goodmans “the lead drivers” on the sim lab campaign.
“Once we got their gift, we knew we could get the others,” he said.
Rooms in the sim lab are also named Rick and Pam Fairlamb; Drs. Grant Mathews and Rebecca Martin; Jim and Jackie Neff; and Barbara Wright.
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