Simulated Emergencies Help Students Hone Treatment-Team Roles

Published 04.10.2014

News
Nursing & Health Sciences
Healthcare Leadership & Administration
Dental Hygiene
Nursing
Physician Assistant
Radiography
Surgical Technology
Student News

    A crew deals with a kidney-stone attack in the Bush Campus Center TV lounge, preparing to transport the "patient" to the ATHS radiography lab.An emergency response, as seen from overhead in the ATHSA simulated angina patient, stricken in the dental hygiene clinic, talks with physician assistant and nursing students after transport to the ER.Adam J. Miller, a Penn College instructional development specialist and pre-physician assistant student, captures a scenario on video.Communication with the "injured"To facilitate collaboration among various health disciplines, the School of Health Sciences staged a series of mock health emergencies on campus this week. Approximately 195 students from eight of the school's programs – Dental Hygiene, Health Information Technology, Paramedic, Physician Assistant, Nursing, Occupational Therapy Assistant, Radiography and Surgical Technology – participated in the event as health professionals, actors and observers. The event presented an opportunity for the students to develop relationships with other health care students and a better understanding of their role. More than 50 faculty and staff members facilitated the event across three days.
    Photos by Cletus G. Waldman, clinical director, radiography; and Kim A. Speicher, dental hygiene instructor

      Get Penn College News in your inbox each morning.

      Subscribe

      The future needs you

      If you put more into today, could you get more out of tomorrow? If you create your future at Pennsylvania College of Technology, the answer is yes.

      With open and rolling admission, applying is easy.

      Apply today

      Experience all that campus has to offer with visit options designed just for you.

      Schedule visit

      Get more information about the admission process.

      Request information