East Surrey HospitalMedical Simulation BriefingSTL Event Worthing Hospital 7th July 2011

Simulation Facility• Dedicated Simulation Suite• Grants• KSS• Friends of ESH• Trust Capital Bids

• Located in PGEC• Logistic back up, kitchens, seminar rooms etc.

• Three rooms (one way mirrors)• Sim room• Control room• Observation room

Equipment• METI ECS Adult Simulator• SMOTS• Audio Mixer and Wireless Microphones• Piped Gases and Vacuum• Anaesthetic Machine and “Capnosim”• Other props• Many part task trainers• Airway heads• IV skills• CVC• Intercostal• Epidural

Faculty• Mostly Anaesthetists• Acute Medical / Emergency Physicians• Senior ODP• Resusc officer• Senior Midwife• CCU nurse• Outreach nurse• Two Simulation Fellows• 1:8 on call• 1 clinical session per week

Courses• FY1 course• Piloted in Jan 2010• 5 further courses in 2010• 5 courses in 2011• 6 candidates per full day course• Excellent feedback

• FY2 course• Piloting now• 5 candidates so far• Issues with potential candidate motivation• Shouldn’t be a problem when it is mandatory

Courses• Anaesthetic scenarios• Every other week• CEX for clinical incidents / CICV scenario

• Team training• “TCRM” for theatre teams

• Integrated communication skills with simulated scenarios• 2 courses run so far (ESH and Crawley)• Have invited DAS sponsored SMART Anaesthesia course

• Future developments• BBC documentary following A+E trainees• Transfer course• Paeds Transfer• Trauma• Patient safety topics