Students become a rapid response trauma team aboard a Mercy ship traveling up the Amazon.
Duration: 90 Minutes
Students become a rapid response trauma team aboard a Mercy ship traveling up the Amazon. The emergency specialists in your classroom will use a state-of-the–art, high-tech medical interface to triage a wide range of patient ailments The goal during this scenario is to accurately diagnose patients, order needed tests, interpret test results and assign appropriate treatment as well as assign suitable NIH clinical trials to as many patients as possible during a shift. This intense simulation provides an engaged and immersive learning environment that challenges your students' critical thinking and problem solving skills. Your students will work collaboratively with a Chief Medical Officer at the Challenger Learning Center in hopes of saving the lives of the native population and Medical Research personnel in the rainforests of Brazil.
Science standards that apply to body systems and the disease process of humans.
The Diagnostics Specialists access a database that connects symptoms with possible disease conditions. Team members evaluate patient symptoms as described on the medical chart, identify an initial diagnosis, and order the appropriate laboratory tests. Team members communicate with their Case Manager to give and receive information and up-dates on patient status and pass the case on to the Med-Surg team for the next phase of patient care.
Med-Surg team members receive a patient report form with an initial patient diagnosis from the Diagnostic Specialists. They review laboratory and x-ray results, interpret the tests, and finalize the diagnostic process. If an initial diagnosis is not confirmed, Med-Surg Specialists work with the Diagnostic Specialists to revise the diagnosis or order more tests. Once a final diagnosis is confirmed, Med-Surg Specialists pass the case on to the Clinical Intervention Specialists for the last phase of patient care.
The Clinical Intervention Specialists use a database to correlate patient symptoms and diagnoses with the most promising treatment protocol. The team’s options include first aid, pharmaceuticals, surgical procedures, and various therapies. Based on test results and final diagnoses, the Clinical Intervention Specialists evaluate all recommendations and decide on a course of treatment. The Clinical Intervention Specialists also access a clinical trial database and evaluate the patient for possible recommendation for clinical trial participation.
Case Managers receive patient charts from the Chief Medical Officer. They briefly review each chief complaint, set of vital signs, patient history, and physical exam results and work cooperatively to accept the case for his/her patient care team or pass the case to another team. Once a case is accepted, Case Managers direct the patient care progress throughout the diagnostic and treatment phases of the medical care process. They maintain patient flow through the teams, update the patient status charts for their teams, and facilitate communication between the specialists and the Chief Medical Officer.
