The value of acute care simulation.
Simulation of crises has long been a component of training in the aviation and nuclear industries. This technology has been successfully transferred and adapted to acute care medicine and allied health care. In this article, we describe the capabilities and uses of human acute care simulation at West Virginia University Hospital.
Kofke
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Dept. of Anesthesiology, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
Rosen
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Barbaccia
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Sinz
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Cain
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