Carolina Pines Labor & Delivery Nurses Receive SCBOI Training
Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center of Hartsville perinatal nurses and OB/GYN physicians participate in a day-long training exercise with the South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative (SCBOI) mobile simulation center SimCOACH on Tuesday, April 17.
Perinatal nurses of Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center took part in a day-long training exercise with the South Carolina Birth Outcomes Initiative (SCBOI) mobile simulation center SimCOACH on Tuesday, April 17.
This marks the third year that Carolina Pines has participated in the program, which is part of the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Palmetto Health CME Organization.
The SimCOACH mobile simulation laboratory has traveled across the state of South Carolina, providing experience for health care providers to gain hands-on practice in high-risk procedures in a safe environment. The Birth Outcomes Initiative program strives to reduce primary cesarean section deliveries by supporting vaginal births.
According to the outreach educators on site, in a five-year period (2011 to 2016) statistics have shown that primary C-section rate in SC has gone down 9 percent, which is significant.
The training features a very realistic simulated mother called “Lucy” by the program facilitators – a $78,000 robotic device that generates fully programmable functions including heart rate, breathing, etc. – plus a neonatal model of a newborn.
Three OB/GYN physicians participating with the nurses during the training exercises were Scott Daniel, MD, FACOG, Leroy Robinson MD, FACOG, and Michelle Quaye MD.
“Simulations are a wonderful tool to help understand your strengths and weaknesses so that you might be better prepared for rare but potentially catastrophic events,” Daniel said.
The objectives included:
• Review and strategize the incorporation of maternal safety bundle tools for obstetric emergencies with an emphasis on maternal hemorrhage.
• Recognize and respond to obstetric and neonatal patients with conditions such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
• Discuss aspects of prenatal care and delivery management that promotes a patient’s ability to deliver vaginally.
• Respond to obstetric and neonatal emergency scenarios.
To learn more about SimCOACH visit: www.PalmettoHealth.org/SimCenter
