CSSC Receives Grant from Children’s Dream Foundation
Grant Funds Pediatric Task Trainers
For the seventh consecutive year, the Clinical Skills and Simulation Center (CSSC) is the recipient of a grant from the Children’s Dream Foundation (CDF), an organization dedicated to improving the quality and delivery of medical and health related services, especially emergency services, to children in the Hudson Valley. The grant funded the purchase of a baby touch vital signs simulator, a Newborn Anne simulator, four newborn injection training arms, and two diagnostic and procedural ear trainer with pneumatic otoscopy kits so that learners and providers can confidently achieve and maintain mastery of essential pediatric emergency care clinical skills.
The equipment will complement the existing pediatric task trainer collection that will be part of the new Advanced Pediatric Training Suite dedicated to CDF and a pediatric task trainer clinical skills classroom, which is part of the upcoming CSSC expansion.
“With all the modern advances in medicine, specific procedures are performed less frequently and there are fewer opportunities for learners to acquire these skills clinically. Thus, simulation training continues to serve as the preferred way to safely train learners on the nuances of pediatric emergency care,” explains Katharine Yamulla, M.A., M.H.E.A., CHSE, assistant dean of clinical skills education and assessment and director of the CSSC.
The new apparatus includes: a baby touch vital signs simulator to teach how to interpret a newborn baby’s vital signs and notice any problems promptly; a Newborn Anne, designed for skills training in neonatal resuscitation; newborn injection training arms in light, medium, and dark skin tones to simulate the arm of a newborn for IV administration, phlebotomy, and drug administration; and the procedural pediatric ear trainers teach how to examine the human ear using visual cues, correctly diagnose common diseases, clean the ear canal, remove a foreign body, and perform a myringotomy with ear tube insertion. “We are so grateful to the CDF for their support that will enhance our educational offerings and is an integral part of our upcoming expansion,” said Yamulla.
In addition to training medical students, this collection of task trainers will benefit other health care providers in the Westchester community including residents, nurses, physician assistants, educators, and EMTs. NYMC is also an American Heart Association certification site, offering Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification courses for health care providers who respond to emergencies in infants and children, and for personnel in emergency response, emergency medicine, intensive care, and critical care units.