Medsim

A couple of weeks ago, I attended the Medsim course in Nottingham Uni. It was a fully packed weekend, filled with Clinical Skills (like Ultrasound, taking blood pressure, using stethosccopes) and practicing talking and diagnosing patients. In one session (claimed to be Clinical Analysis), one of the helpers ran in halfway through, shouting that there was an 'emergency' that we needed to help with. There were 3 different scenarios we worked our way through, including a car crash, a drug overdose and a woman who had had a heart attack. As a group we eventually got better at keeping calm and managing to keep the 'patients' alive. It was a very exciting evening, where I learnt a lot about the correct protocol and behaviour in an emergency. Overall I had a really great weekend (especially as I wore scrubs all weekend and got to take them home - guess who has some new pyjamas! :) ).