The WVU David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety will host an ECMO Boot Camp from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday (Sept. 15) and Tuesday (Sept. 16) at the WVU Health Sciences Center. (WVU Photo)
WHAT: The West Virginia University David and Jo Ann Shaw Center for Simulation Training and Education for Patient Safety will host an ECMO Boot Camp during Healthcare Simulation Week.
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation or ECMO is an advanced life-support technology used to provide cardiac and respiratory support for patients whose heart and lungs are unable to function independently.
WHO: ECMO specialists, trainees and faculty from WV STEPS and the WVU Medicine ECMO Program
WHEN: Monday (Sept. 15) and Tuesday (Sept. 16), 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Media representatives are asked to RSVP by Saturday (Sept. 13), to Christie Matyola at Christie.Matyola@hsc.wvu.edu and are encouraged to arrive at 8:30 a.m. on Monday (Sept. 15), for Simulation 1 and/or 1 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 16) for Simulation 2.
WHERE: WV STEPS, WVU Health Sciences Center South, Third Floor, Suite 3642, 64 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown.
NOTES: As ECMO adoption increases nationwide, WVU is preparing the next generation of providers through immersive, high-fidelity simulation training.
The two-day boot camp will provide targeted training for cardiovascular intensive care unit advanced practice providers through a combination of expert-led lectures and six intensive simulation scenarios designed to replicate real-world critical care situations.
This event coincides with Healthcare Simulation Week. The global event celebrates how simulation advances patient safety and transforms healthcare education.
WV STEPS is West Virginia’s only simulation center accredited across all five Society for Simulation in Healthcare domains, placing it among a small group of centers worldwide with full-spectrum accreditation.
As a state-of-the-art facility equipped with fully responsive technology, WV STEPS provides students from all five Health Sciences schools — Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health — with a safe, realistic environment to develop and refine their skills before working with patients in both routine and critical care scenarios.
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MEDIA CONTACT: Christie Matyola
Senior Communications Specialist
WVU Health Sciences
732-966-2107; Christie.Matyola@hsc.wvu.edu
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