In Practicum ATC 340 today, 3rd year athletic training students stocked their own kit to prepare for simulations which begin next week. The third year students were told to prepare for an event coverage and in doing so, would have to organize any tools and materials they would need to respond to emergency situations on the field.
Beginning next week, students will start high-fidelity simulations in the O’Reilly Clinical Health Center. The mannequins used for this realistic simulations are life-size, life-weight capable of physiological responses including pulses, heart rate, breathing, and heart, lung, and bowl sounds. Additionally, the mannequins can respond to the students verbally or make sounds to indicate distress. These simulations and subsequent instructor-led debriefings provide students with the experience of responding to high risk and low incidence events that may occur in the clinical setting.
These have been shown to be a great supplement to the regular clinical experiences AT students participate in.