United States Air Force Reserve
Integrity - Service - Excellence
Aeromedical Simulation
Training & Education
Major Chad Corliss
94 AES/DO
5/11/2012
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Disclaimer: This presentation is for information only. No US
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Overview
• Program Review (50,000 foot view)
• What is Simulation
• Why use Simulation
• Why we Need Simulation
• Suspend Disbelief – How do we use simulation
• The ASTEC
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The 50,000 foot View
• Integrate Simulation Technology into Education,
Training and Sustainment platforms
• Build a Distributed Human Patient Simulation Network
• Exploit Technological Innovations
• Mitigate loss of Current “Training” pipelines
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WHAT IS SIMULATION?
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What is a Simulator?
• A Device or exercise that enables a participant to
reproduce or represent…
• A method to teach the application of critical thinking
skills, communication and team interactions; Risk Free
learning Environment – errors can be allowed to occur
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What is a Simulator?
• A Device or exercise that enables a participant to
reproduce or represent…
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What is a Medical Simulator?
• A Device or exercise that enables a participant to
reproduce or represent…
• Supports clinical decision making – not just a task
trainer; Ability to train high-risk, low-frequency clinical
events
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WHY USE SIMULATION?
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The Promise
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Why Simulation for Training
There is a big difference…
…between seeing and understanding…
…between watching and doing…
That’s what makes training and simulation
so vital to operational success
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How do People Learn
Retention
5% - Lecture
20% - Audio/Visual – Death by PowerPoint
30% - Demonstration
75% - Learn by DOING – Simulations
90% Teach Others – Collaborative Simulations
Interaction is associated with Learning achievement and
retention of knowledge *Source Andersen Consulting
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WHY WE NEED SIMULATION
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Chasing Zero
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We entered combat operations with an existing
stateside AE mission, and AF fixed medical facilities
Those training venues no longer exist
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One decade at war…How are we doing?
•72
Hours
•98%
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Increasing Focus on Patient Safety
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Why we need Simulation
Level 1 Trauma Center
AF Theater Hospital
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Iraq (OIF)
US Service Members KIA/DOW/WIA- OIF May 2003 – Sept 2010
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Tier I Sites
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Wilford Hall *
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Keesler *
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Travis *
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C-STARS Saint Louis
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C-STARS Baltimore
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C-STARS Cincinnati
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USAFSAM - EMEDS *
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Lakenheath UK
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National Capitol Area Simulation Center (USUHS)
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Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute (DMRTI)
Luke, Nellis, WP
* Simulation Operator Course
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AE Formal Training Unit
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iSTAN is currently used in conjunction with aircraft
fuselage trainers to provide “simulated” training
missions
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Flight Nurse and AeroMed Tech training reduced from
90-180 days to 30 days
• Same or exceeding the level clinical “Care in the Air”
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Simulation is more than Plastic People
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Virtual Reality/AF-WAVE (Wide Area Virtual
Environment)
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Serious Gaming/Computer Based Training
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Virtual Clinics
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Tactile Video and Audience Response - Critical
Thinking Excercises
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Virtual Iraq – Treatment for PTSD
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Riding the W.A.V.E.
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Caught in the Web
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Virtual Iraq
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Suspend Disbelief
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We must replicate the Environment of Care
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No matter what the ‘Environment’
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So how do we ‘Simulate’ that
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The ASTEC…
…an immersive training environment that includes very
realistic clinical scenarios with high-fidelity simulated
patients…
We can simulate onboard emergencies. When you are inside,
the sound, the feel, the environment, is absolutely realistic,
and we are able to challenge crews with highly complicated
missions that are modeled on actual missions and
challenging patients who have returned from combat
environments
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Questions ?
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