Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety

The Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety, a 501-C3 nonprofit organization, promotes education and safe practices for healthcare simulation programs.

[Colette Laws-Chapman 💙 @MillieColette]

#simsafety- @ToKeepSimSafe quick poll:- When your running a simulation do you use and is it different for in situ simulation ?

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

@MillieColette Thanks for asking. It depends on the situation. There are risks with fake meds crossing over to the real enviromnent. There are also risks with real meds, for example, some drugs are in short supply and we shouldn't waste them. Each situation requires a risk assessment.

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

@abbattist Agree that mental rehearsal is effective and likely safer!

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Thanks Grace, for sharing this. We are extremely concerned about risks inherent in active shooter drills! 1/

[Grace Ng, PhD, RN @GracePhDNurse]

The harmful effects of #Simulation misuse: "Students were 'deceived' into believing they were in an active shooting. They vomited, fainted & wrote farewell notes to their parents when they believed they were being attacked" what's your take @keepsimsafe @ToKeepSimSafe @danbraemer

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Most worrisome: Despite best efforts to notify all bystanders, it is possible that someone may not be aware that they are witnessing a drill. A "good guy with a gun" may think that it is a real world event and shoot the perceived assailant, maiming or killing the sim actor.

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Teachers injured in a training exercise: "welts, bruises and abrasions after they were shot with plastic pellets"
https://t.co/3TOisrC1Ey

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

@KMaxkenzie @SIHonline Happy to see the focus on safe simulation practices! The article mentions labeling the simulated medications to differentiate real vs. fake. Reminder that our safety label template is available for free download: https://t.co/NqFyXJdtz3

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

We've been thinking about how to reopen safely. We don't have easy answers, but we offer a framework here: https://t.co/GhmNJvWg9x

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Thanks Becky @technurse and Matt!
Read more here: https://t.co/zZ0JQW8BOL
What are you doing #tokeepsimsafe?

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Sim Safety tip from Becky Damazo & Matt Ross from California State University, Chico. They were worried that people may look for supplies in the simulation center, which was closed due to COVID. Well-meaning people may not be aware which items are appropriate for clinical use.

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

This provides a warning to those who may be "shopping" for supplies, and acts as a seal to discourage people from opening the cabinet. It is also an alert that if the seal was broken, supplies may have been taken, and to allow for inventory control.

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

@MillieColette @ShannonLockhart @SaIL_Centre Yes. It is so important to have a cleaning protocol so our sim equipment does not become a vector. We heard from colleagues who cultured their mannikin and found pseudomonas. Yikes!
Thanks for sharing and for helping #tokeepsimsafe!

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Simulation safety is not just labeling supplies; it is an approach that involves risk assessment and mitigation strategies. This is especially important as we face COVID-19. Read more here: https://t.co/1o8xirp3gi

#tokeepsimsafe

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

@MikeInME @MMCSimulation @MaineMed Thanks Mike. Great point: Sim equipment that is kept up to date by clinical engineering can be mobilized for patient care.

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Lets hear more! What are you doing #tokeepsimsafe?

[Foundation for Healthcare Simulation Safety @ToKeepSimSafe]

Another example from @ShannonLockhart
Guidelines to maintain safety during simulation drills
https://t.co/uR6g7uAtaO

[Shannon Lockhart @ShannonLockhart]

For COVID 19 simulators, I urge you to be cognizant of your practices, of what you are reusing and how. Sim is a possible nidus for transmission. We are trying to train people up, without bringing them down. @MacdonellSu @MarDiGiuseppe @tlbosma @JustenNaidu @drlauraduggan