Emergency and acute care skills cannot be learnt on the job safely. Ideally, health professionals will have practised these skills before the must be applied in a life-threatening situation. In the same way that airlines use flight simulators to hone the skills of their pilots the Clinical Simulation Unit (CSU) provides medical students and health professionals with a unique environment to learn and practise clinical skills associated with patient management. The major focus is acute airway care and management of emergency life-threatening situations. The CSU is managed by Val Follows.
The CSU has three major teaching areas:
The Structured Airway Teaching Lab (STAT lab)
The Procedures Lab for learning CVC insertion, arterial lines, thoracocentesis, controlling haemorrhage, etc
The Simulation Lab which is based around a full human patient simulator
There is also a seminar room for tutorials and debriefing. The CSU is twinned with the School Clinical Skills Learning unit.
For details on courses in the CSU, contact simulation@flinders.edu.au or phone 8204 5868