Through cooperation with Medical Educational Technologies Incorporated (METI) and NASA, the VCU Emergency Department is pioneering the way in patient simulation.

The Human Patient Simulator (HPS) affords residents an incredibly realistic training experience. The model is a life size human model within a resuscitation bay. The simulator detects oxygen and expires CO2, it allows for real-time modeling of various scenarios including the patient with inhalation injury, multiple trauma, acute poisoning, altered mental status and more.

Residents can practice invasive procedure such as intubation, pericardiocentesis, tube thorocostomy within an actual clinical scenario and see how their interventions affect the patient's recovery.

Furthermore, the simulator serves as a research tool for modeling emergency care in diverse settings such as city streets, battlefields and outer space.

For further information on our simulator program feel free to contact Mike Kammerman at mkammerman@mcvh-vcu.edu or Dr. Greg Christiansen at erdrgregc@netscape.net