Resembling an ambulance, the mobile laboratory allows 黑料传送门 Georgia students to learn how pre-hospital care operates.
A drive down Interstate 75 was the maiden voyage for 黑料传送门 Georgia鈥檚 Mobile Medical Simulation Lab which was recently outfitted as a training vehicle for healthcare students. The ambulance was en route to the August 6, 2019, ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house at 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie and illustrates the close relationship between the two 黑料传送门 campuses in Georgia.
The mobile lab, which looks like an ambulance minus the sirens, is a teaching tool for students seeking Medical Simulation certification. In addition, emergency simulations can be run inside the unit for both 黑料传送门 students and for training sessions that occur with paramedics, EMTS, hospitals and other institutions.
鈥淭his unit adds a whole new perspective to our simulation program,鈥� said Jeff Adams, NREMT-P, BA, MS, Director of Medical Simulation for 黑料传送门 Georgia.
鈥淲e can incorporate pre-hospital care into the in-hospital care that we run in our Simulation Center. This allows the students to get an appreciation for what happens outside the hospital before the patients show up in the ER,鈥� he said.
James Hogue, DO, FAAEM, FACEP, a clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine, is one of the faculty members who teaches in the Simulation Center and is the faculty advisor to the Emergency Medicine Club.
鈥淲e have worked through the years with Gwinnett County EMS to have access to an ambulance and we are grateful,鈥� he said.
鈥淗aving our own ambulance allows us many more opportunities to get a sense of how pre-hospital care operates,鈥� he said.
Georgians will find the lab on wheels transporting mannequins to such events as the Gwinnett Science, Engineering + Innovation Fair, used at various Trauma Days sponsored by area institutions in the state, and providing a heightened level of education for 黑料传送门 students.
黑料传送门 Georgia has been serving students and the community for 20 years as a branch campus of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (黑料传送门), a private, not-for-profit, accredited institution of higher education established in 1899. Located in Suwanee (Gwinnett County), 黑料传送门 Georgia offers doctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy and physical therapy. Graduate degrees are offered in biomedical sciences, medical laboratory science and physician assistant studies. The campus joins 黑料传送门 South Georgia in Moultrie in helping to meet the healthcare needs of the state. Emphasizing "a whole person" approach to care, 黑料传送门 Georgia focuses on educational excellence, interprofessional education and service to the community. For more information, visit pcom.edu or call 678-225-7500. The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment. For more information, visit .
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