This book provides a standard for all Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) agencies and Critical Care Transport (CCT) programs to follow as they conduct simulation training for their crew members. Simulation-based education for pre-hospital training and skill maintenance is now standard and there is a growing need for this this type of training tool. This title is an invaluable resource for EMS and CCT educators who aim to facilitate high quality simulations within their programs. The text provides guidance for running a successful simulation, including scenario charts and debriefing tips and topics. Included are over 30 simulation scenarios, broken into appropriate scope of practice for EMTs, paramedics, and critical care transport crews where applicable.
The book’s format is such that it can be followed to create a plan for simulation training. The first section provides a guide to using the text successfully and a concise overview of the theories and best practices of simulation-based education and debriefing. Next, clinical scenarios are presented by topic, including general care, cardiology, respiratory, neurology, trauma, obstetrics, pediatrics and toxicology. Each section offers specific disease-based simulation scenarios, including supporting imaging, physical exam, and laboratory data for the EMS and CCT community to use as part of their training and education. There are also suggested learning objectives, critical actions, and debriefing topics for each scenario. This resource is not designed with a specific simulation platform in mind and can be adapted to both low- and high-fidelity simulation settings.
This book is a must-have resource for emergency medicine services agencies, critical care transport programs, and educators who work with pre-hospital providers.
Table of contents (34 chapters)
Front Matter
Pages i-ix
Introduction
Front Matter
Pages 1-1
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Simulation in Prehospital and Critical Care Transport
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 3-3
Introduction to Simulation Training
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 5-10
General Care
Front Matter
Pages 11-11
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Termination of Resuscitation
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 13-21
Cardiology
Front Matter
Pages 23-23
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Tachydysrhythmia
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 25-39
Bradydysrhythmia
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 41-52
Heart Failure and Tachydysrhythmia
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 53-68
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Cardiogenic Shock
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 69-80
Unstable Bradycardia, Transvenous Pacing
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 81-94
Pulseless Electrical Activity (PEA)
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 95-105
Toxicology
Front Matter
Pages 107-107
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Hazardous Material, Mass Casualty Incident (MCI) Triage
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 109-116
Overdose and Refusal of Care
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 117-121
Burn Care, Carbon Monoxide and Cyanide Poisoning
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 123-135
Respiratory
Front Matter
Pages 137-137
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Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 139-150
Tracheostomy Care
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 151-162
Respiratory
Hypoxia, Respiratory Failure
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 163-170
Asthma Exacerbation and Respiratory Failure
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 171-183
Respiratory Failure Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 185-198
Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 199-209
Trauma
Front Matter
Pages 211-211
Traumatic Amputation
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 213-222
Maxillofacial Trauma
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 223-232
Traumatic Brain Injury with Elevated Intracranial Pressure
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 233-246
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) with Neurogenic Shock
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 247-258
Neurology
Front Matter
Pages 259-259
Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS)
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 261-269
Acute Ischemic Stroke (AIS) with Hemorrhagic Conversion
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 271-282
Atraumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 283-292
Seizure, Status Epilepticus
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 293-304
Medicine
Front Matter
Pages 305-305
Post-chemotherapy Nausea and Vomiting, Hypoglycemia
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 307-313
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 315-324
Sepsis, Septic Shock
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 325-337
Obstetrics
Front Matter
Pages 339-339
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy, Placental Abruption
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 341-352
Obstetrics
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 353-365
Maternal Postpartum Hemorrhage and Neonatal Resuscitation
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 367-382
Pediatrics
Front Matter
Pages 383-383
Pediatric Airway with Foreign Body Obstruction
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 385-394
Pediatric Cardiac Arrest, Drowning
Ani Aydin, Daniel Joseph, Melissa Joseph
Pages 395-401
Back Matter
Pages 403-408
About the authors
Ani Aydin, MD, FACEPAssistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery, Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Medical Director, SkyHealth and Adult Ground Critical Care Transport
Associate Medical Director of EMS, Critical Care
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Health
Daniel Joseph MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Acting Chief, EMS Section
Medical Director, Yale Center for EMS
EMS Fellowship DirectorYale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Health
Melissa Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of Resident Education
Yale Center for Medical Simulation
Yale University School of Medicine
Yale-New Haven Health
