Reid State Community College secures $60,000 ACCS grant to add high-fidelity Luna neonatal simulator, expanding rural nursing ...

Simulation training has its roots in the aerospace industry. Many patient care situations, such as neonatal resuscitation, require technically complex skills and a high level of interdependence among ...

Providing adequate bag-mask ventilation (BMV) is an essential skill for neonatal resuscitation. Often this skill is learned using simulation manikins. Currently, there is no means of measuring the ...

Why are complications associated with preterm births more difficult than with full term births? Why is it so difficult to train for these complications? It's difficult to practice skills on preterm ...

The implementation of simulation-based training in nursing education has the potential to dramatically improve nurses' preparedness to manage the real medical emergencies that confront them in ...

Laerdal Medical, in alliance with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has developed a second volume of pre-programmed scenarios for use with Laerdal's SimNewB (TM) neonatal patient simulator.

Eye-tracking devices help to understand provider behavior during medical tasks. The aim of this study was to assess participants’ gaze behavior and usability of eye-tracking glasses during airway ...

Simulator looks and sounds like the real thing%2C from cries to heart beats%2C even skin-color changes. Emergencies are so-called because it's hard to predict when they will happen. That's certainly ...

The most dangerous moment in a human life often passes unnoticed. It is not an accident, a disease, or a dramatic medical emergency, but the quiet instant when a newborn takes its first breath. In ...

FORT KENT, Maine — A significant grant is going to help nursing students at the University of Maine at Fort Kent better prepare for the clinical setting next year. Earlier this month, the university ...

Nepal's first Maternal and Neonatal Simulation Lab opens in Kathmandu to strengthen clinical skills and improve outcomes for mothers and newborns. Simulation labs like this will be available in all ...