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BATCAVE Human Patient Simulator

 

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 B.A.T.C.A.V.E.

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Human Patient Simulation

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Business Hours of Operation

Monday - Friday

7:30AM to 5:00 PM

 

 

 

College of Pharmacy

The College of Pharmacy has developed two scenarios to use in the B.A.T.C.A.V.E. for the 2nd year pharmacy students as one week of their Pharmacy 731 laboratory course. The laboratory course consists of 12 weeks of computer simulation programs run in the HSC computer electronic classrooms. The B.A.T.C.A.V.E. scenarios are the only chance the students get to participate in a "hands-on" manner with drug administrations, CPR techniques and interpretations of vital signs in an emergency situation. The first scenario concerns a person who is having a severe acute asthma attack. Vital signs are checked, medical history (asthma) of the patient is discussed and appropriate therapies are initiated (nebulizers, epinephrine, methylprednisolone). The second scenario concerns a patient who has overdosed on cocaine. Vital signs are checked, ECG interpreted and appropriate treatments are administered in a timely progressive fashion for the control of heart rate and blood pressure, arrhythmias and seizures. During this procedure the students must work together using CPR techniques, defibrillation and antiarrhythmic drug administration as the patient progresses from ventricular tachycardia to pulseless ventricular tachycardia, and ultimately to ventricular fibrillation. The students complete a short quiz at the end of the scenarios to evaluate the knowledge they have gained from this laboratory.