title: Update for nurse anesthetists. Part 6. Full-body patient simulation technology: gaining experience using a malignant hyperthermia model.
abstract: Simulation technology is extremely useful for training workers in a variety of industries. Simulation concepts have been developed and refined in full-body patient simulators. Contemporary full-body patient simulators can be used to teach the essential concepts of many healthcare professions, and they offer practice dealing with critical events, concentrating on the thought and decision-making processes related to favorable patient outcomes. Full-body patient simulators provide practitioners the opportunity to manage realistic and advanced physical findings in a variety of areas and are capable of responding to a large number of pharmacologic agents and a host of clinical interventions. The ability to combine high-fidelity educational tools with both classroom lecture and clinical experience provides nurse anesthetists the opportunity for a unique experience in a highly controlled and safe environment. Numerous technological and educational advantages and the chance for hands-on assessment and treatment of some of anesthesia's rarest and most life-threatening events provide a one-of-a-kind educational session for CRNAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nurse Anesthesia, Center for Research in Human Simulation, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va., USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hotchkiss
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mendoza
mesh_terms: D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000451:nursing*; D008348:Manikins; D017145:Models, Educational; D009719:Nurse Anesthetists / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface