Intermountain Healthcare shows off new simulation center at LDS Hospital

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Nancy Bardugon, RN, MSN and System Simulation Director, wields an oversized scalpel following the ribbon cutting for Intermountain Healthcare's opening of the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

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Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Simulating a cardiac arrest at team at Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

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Delivery nurse Kendra Michaelis, Dr. Doug Richards, and RN Melissa Baker, from left, perform a simulation birth as Intermountain Healthcare shows off their new medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
A plastic baby is covered in jelly as it is readied for a birth simulation at Intermountain Healthcare's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Delivery nurse Kendra Michaelis, Dr. Doug Richards, RN Melissa Baker and Lisa Hubert, from left, perform a simulation birth as Intermountain Healthcare shows off their new medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
Primary Children's Hospital simulation coordinator Brenna Thomas uses ultrasound to detect any possible injuries in a child as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
New born intensive care nurses, Luann Westerman, left, and Mary Jane McGregor run through a new born delivery scenario as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the stateís largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune
RN Dalene Cummings of the Dixie South West Region does a compression simulation on a dummy as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

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Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Nancy Bardugon, RN, MSN and System Simulation Director, wields an oversized scalpel following the ribbon cutting for Intermountain Healthcare's opening of the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Simulating a cardiac arrest at team at Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Delivery nurse Kendra Michaelis, Dr. Doug Richards, and RN Melissa Baker, from left, perform a simulation birth as Intermountain Healthcare shows off their new medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune A plastic baby is covered in jelly as it is readied for a birth simulation at Intermountain Healthcare's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Delivery nurse Kendra Michaelis, Dr. Doug Richards, RN Melissa Baker and Lisa Hubert, from left, perform a simulation birth as Intermountain Healthcare shows off their new medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Primary Children's Hospital simulation coordinator Brenna Thomas uses ultrasound to detect any possible injuries in a child as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune New born intensive care nurses, Luann Westerman, left, and Mary Jane McGregor run through a new born delivery scenario as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the stateís largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune RN Dalene Cummings of the Dixie South West Region does a compression simulation on a dummy as Intermountain Healthcare shows off the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment. Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Intermountain Healthcare joins the ranks of other premier institutions such as Duke University and Johns Hopkins by opening the state's largest and most advanced medical simulation center at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City. The center is equipped with advanced simulation technology that allows staff the opportunity to develop and practice physical skills, critical thinking, decision-making, collaboration, and communication in a safe, realistic environment.

The Salt Lake Tribune

· August 25, 2015 10:29 pm

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Utah doctors and nurses have a new way to practice their skills with a simulation center unveiled Tuesday at Salt Lake City's LDS Hospital.

The Intermountain Simulation Center consists of several rooms set up to mimic hospital scenarios, including an intensive care unit and a birthing suite.

The simulation center, touted by Intermountain Healthcare as the largest of its kind in the state, will be open to the public during an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 26, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.