MERCIA ACCIDENT RESCUE SERVICE

- Prof Sir Keith Porter 
- Dr John Hall (Chairman)
- Mr Andrew Thurgood
- Mr Richard Steyn
- Dr Nick Crombie
- Dr Malcolm Russell
- Dr James Papworth
- Dr David Houston 
- Dr Dick Herbert   
- Prof Gavin Perkin
- Dr Adrian Noon
- Dr Katie White
- Dr Jonathan Leach
- Mr Mark Dawes
- Dr Louise Parkes
- Dr Matthew Boylan

Mrs Jean Williams
4 Hanbury Close
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B60 2BB

Thank you for supporting Mercia Accident Rescue Service

High-fidelity simulators have had a long tradition in aviation, and in the past few years have begun to have a significant impact in training for pre-hospital emergency care. High-fidelity simulators provide the practitioner with the cues necessary to suspend their disbelief during dynamic, immersive, hands-on clinical scenarios.

Doctors benefit from this mode of trading as they are challenged to apply the correct intervention to improve the condition of a simulated patient in a controlled environment. Mannequins are responsive and react in realistic ways to the practitioner's interventions - all guided by the operator on a touch screen computer.

One report states that "Human performance degrades in the face of significant stress. In a relaxed environment, clinicians can choose the correct medication off the shelf 99.9% of the time, but with a blue patient on the floor, the error rate may be as high as 25% in performing the same task."

High-fidelity simulation-based training adds a degree of realism that is vital to training for practice in high-risk fields such as pre-hospital care. MARS Doctors are utilising this mode of training as part of their on-going continued professional development.