Hillsborough Hospital Critical Care Orientation
On August 25th and 27th, the Critical Care Unit and 3 Bed Tower teams at the new UNC Health Care Hillsborough Hospital ran mock code blue, or heart attack, to improve teamwork and communication in a high stress situation. By immersing … Read more
University wide emergency response drill
On August 10, Gary Moss from the University Gazette published an article following a university wide emergency response drill. The article titled “University conducts successful emergency drill” describes the simulation of fatal shootings and a hostage situation at two different … Read more
Thank you Trauma Day Faculty and Staff
We owe a huge thank you to the following people that have given their time to provide this interactive simulation experience: Tiffany Chesley from Carolina Air Care is a Respiratory Therapist and Coordinator for the Trauma Day event. Other personnel have … Read more
UNC Hospitals’ student volunteers learn new skills from trauma
On July 21st, Tammy Grubb from the News & Observer published an article titled “UNC Hospitals’ student volunteers learn new skills from trauma”. The article focuses on the lessons learned and impressions of the UNC Hospitals Jr Volunteer program. The … Read more
Taste of trauma
On July 15th, UNC School of Journalism Alumni and reporter for the Durham Herald-Sun, Katie Jansen, published an article entitled “TASTE OF TRAUMA: Teens get up-close dose of workings at UNC Hospitals”. This article summarized the activities Jensen observed while attending … Read more
Trauma Day: Distracted driving accident
On July 14th, WNCN’s Carleigh Griffeth produced a news clip entitled “UNC’s ‘Trauma Day’ gives students different look at distracted driving accident”. The short video describes the “Trauma Day” held for the UNC Health Care Jr Volunteers. The case this year … Read more
UNC Hillsborough Hospital ED Orientation
On June 29th and 30th, the UNC Hillsborough Hospital (HBH) Emergency Department (ED) staff treated their first patient. “Disaster Patient, Premier” presented to the ED with Orange County Emergency Services following a motor vehicle collision. He was in severe shock: … Read more
First overhead mock code at UNC Health Care
On June 22nd, the first overhead mock code was called at UNC Health Care. The utility of mock code drills to improve team performance has been shown. Recently, an article by a UNCsim team member, Al Bonifacio showed the benefit of … Read more
Kellish moves to Boston Children’s
Ashley Kellish DNP, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN performed her last simulation session on May 21st and her last official duty for #UNCsim this past weekend. Kellish has transitioned to become the Faculty Development Educator for Boston Children’s Hospital. Kellish came to UNC … Read more
UNC Simulation MHA Capstones
This past year, two teams of Master’s of Health Administration (MHA) students from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health completed capstone projects related to simulation activities at UNC Hospitals and within the Clinical Learning and Research (CLeAR) Center. … Read more