The use of EMS simulation training is becoming more popular worldwide. According to the National Emergency Medical Services Information System, trauma makes up 21.4% of EMS calls, with respiratory distress, chest pain, and cardiac arrest at 12.2%, 10.1%, and 1.8%, respectively. Despite trauma’s high prevalence, simulators supporting high-quality trauma training are often not the same as those used in teaching facilities.
Many EMS instructors are forced to teach trauma management with expensive, complicated, ACLS-focused “high fidelity” healthcare simulation manikins or use inexpensive, durable but highly unrealistic “dummies” that poorly replicate medical procedures and give no feedback about performance.
This HealthySimulation.com article discusses how Tactical Medical Solutions Simulation Technologies provide a means to elevate the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) training.
The TacMed Simulation AirwayPlus Lifecast Upper (APL) trains responders to perform life-saving tasks such as maintaining a patient’s airway, needle decompression, chest tube insertion, cricothyroidotomy, and Intraosseous (I/O) infusion.
The TacMed Simulation Chest Trainer is a ruggedized partial upper torso medical simulator that helps trainees during the crawl phase of training to treat patients requiring needle decompression and intraosseous (I/O) infusion. Students learn to locate realistic anatomic landmarks to execute critical patient treatment without relying on marked indicators. The unit functions as a stand-alone skills station with multiple training sites that allow for multiple uses with cost-effective replacement components.
