The Connecticut Simulation Center at Hartford Hospital is the home of three simulators; each residing within its own living quarters and dedicated control booth designed to replicate a trauma/resuscitation emergency medicine bay, an operating room suite, and the ICU setting. All rooms are equipped with state of the art equipment allowing for realistic scenarios to be presented that challenge all levels of practitioners. 

For additional realism and stimulus, the emergency medicine bay has a 40” LCD screen and stereo system that allows images and sounds to be projected into the room. EKG’s, radiographs, ECHO, FAST and other images (rashes, toxins, etc.) provide vital information to the team to allow realistic scenarios.  The simulator is designed to allow multiple invasive procedures to be performed during the scenarios. Procedures include: Chest tube insertion, needle decompression (with rush of air), surgical/percutaneous cricothyroidotomy, IV insertion, NGT insertion, vaginal delivery, and cardioversion/defibrillation.  Thus, residents train in a setting similar to their actual work environments to recreate an atmosphere of realism. Working in this environment lends support to the simulator’s extended capabilities to mimic multiple types of acute crises and patient care scenarios.

The Simulation Center is equipped with control stations where the operator and the instructor run the scenario behind one-way glass. The control rooms are fully equipped with DVD recorders, computers to run the manikins, and controls to maneuver the cameras so that every angle of the session is captured for the students and the instructors to review.