Students take part in simulation exercise
Posted on 10 August 2015
Students undertaking the pre-hospital trauma module as part of their Specialist Skills and Post Registration Development were asked to respond to a 'major incident' with multiple casualties on the University of York campus. This was a simulated exercise developed in collaboration with the Chemistry Department and was designed to test the students knowledge and skills developed during the module. Models and first year nursing students with specialist make-up were used to recreate a scene of carnage in the immediate aftermath of a major incident. The aim of the module and the simulated exercise was to enhance the students’ knowledge of assessment, treatment and management of major trauma in pre hospital settings. It consolidated their existing skills and taught new ones to enable them to manage more challenging and complex situations.
The event was part of a pre-hospital trauma module run by Jess Powell, Lecturer in Adult Nursing.
Jess said: “The event was a collaboration of a number of staff from across the university and also involved students from our undergraduate nursing programme to play the role of patients. The pre-hospital trauma simulation event allowed students on the module to put what they have learnt into practice.
“It was also great our first year students were involved too as I believe it enabled them to experience what it is like to be a patient and helped to develop their compassion and inter-professional skills.”
For more information visit www.york.ac.uk/healthsciences/ssprd/modules-courses/pre-hospital-trauma/.