Amanda Towner, Author at SCT

VirTra Releases the New V-DTS Driver Simulator

VirTra recently debuted a driver simulator at IACP 2019, which received great feedback and acceptance. Now the company is ready to sell and install this new technology for users. The VirTra Driver Training System (V-DTS) is designed to provide cognitive training to law enforcement while helping them learn different styles of driving – from patrol to pursuit. Instructors can allow trainees to experience free drive, pursue a fleeing suspect and more with numerous weather and road condition variations. To challenge an officer further, instructors can even add heavy traffic or a large number of pedestrians. Designed by VirTra’s team of developers and artists using the Unity 3D game engine, the V-DTS lets users experience stunning graphics along with realistic simulation physics and vehicle movement from a durable mechanical motion rig.

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-09T14:41:44+00:00 April 9th, 2020|

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3D Systems Offers Resources to Medical Community

As institutions change to distance learning programs during the coronavirus, 3D Systems is offering educators and learners an abundance of resources via its MentorLearn Cloud platform. These videos, curricula and other online materials are available free-of-charge for three months during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote learning tools span a wide range of medical specialties, tasks and procedures. To register and request e-learning access, click here.

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-09T14:30:56+00:00 April 9th, 2020|

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Maritime Training Services Joins Ocean Technologies Group

Maritime Training Services (MTS) joined the new Ocean Technologies Group, home to COEX, Seagull Maritime, Tero Marine and Videotel. The combination ensures that MTS will accelerate its growth and develop its services, providing certainty to MTS customers and team following the untimely passing of the company’s Owner and Managing Director, Matthew Gasparich, last year. MTS will add value to and also benefit from the skills and experience available within the Ocean Technologies Group while also being able to draw on the investments in R&D being made by the Group in new technologies, content and courses. Ocean Technologies Group aims to invest in the latest e-learning technologies and pedagogical methods such as gamification, micro-learning, virtual and augmented reality, as well as 3D animation and best-in-class video content. MTS is well known to both Seagull and Videotel, having collaborated with both companies over many years on the production of maritime e-learning content and distribution of their respective training libraries. “It is great to be able to welcome MTS to the Ocean Technologies Group. The company will add a significant expertise in the production of bespoke client-specific training programmes having worked with blue-chip customers in commercial shipping, maritime administrations, cruise sector and adjacent [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-07T21:28:15+00:00 April 7th, 2020|

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Virtual Heroes Offers Free Sedation and Airway Management Training

HumanSim: Sedation and Airway, a 3D virtual trainer for administering emergency anesthesia and managing breathing for critically-injured or ill patients, is now available for free from Virtual Heroes to support healthcare workers as they adapt to unprecedented requirements in the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Image credit: Virtual Heroes HumanSim: Sedation and Airway is designed to help medical staff gain experience and improve quality of care, by coupling an immersive training environment with an advanced real-time physiology engine. The online software training program allows physicians, nurses, medics and other emergency personnel to practice Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI) and Moderate Sedation, techniques for quickly sedating and intubating patients. Many patients who become critically ill with COVID-19 require airway management in response to acute respiratory distress syndrome, a condition in which fluid collects in the lungs' air sacs and deprives the body's organs of oxygen. Those who develop acute respiratory distress syndrome often require intubation and support from a ventilator. The virtual human technology software simulates real patients, enabling users to sharpen their assessment and decision-making skills through observation of the physiological effects of their actions. Trainees are challenged by 10 separate scenarios that cover a wide variety of [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-07T13:55:37+00:00 April 7th, 2020|

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Cognitive3D and Varjo Partner to Better Measure Human Behavior

Varjo is partnering with Cognitive3D, a Canadian company that provides tools for professionals to measure and understand user behavior in immersive environments. The Cognitive3D software can be used to capture user interactions, position, biometrics and eye tracking using Varjo’s virtual and mixed reality (VR/MR) headsets. Image credit: Varjo Combined with Varjo’s human-eye resolution visual fidelity and the 20/20 Eye Tracker, the integration with Cognitive3D means that even more professionals can now benefit from accurate analytics gained from realistic training and research scenarios. “Moving operations and analytics to VR can be useful for scenarios that are dangerous or difficult to repeat otherwise, both in training and research. Additionally, training in VR has proven to be much more effective than traditional methods, as people learn much better by doing,” says Tony Bevilacqua, Founder and CEO at Cognitive3D. “The precise eye tracking and human-eye resolution available only in Varjo’s headsets are necessary requirements for companies to increase trainees’ immersion and capture actionable data. Together, Varjo and Cognitive3D enable companies to maximize the learning opportunities in immersive training and research scenarios.” “Especially in complex training simulations, such as aerospace or medical training, there is a high need for analytics and measuring success. [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-03T00:01:10+00:00 April 3rd, 2020|

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Health Scholars COVID-19 Surge Provider Training Grant

Health Scholars received $1 million in grant funding for surge provider training to help combat COVID-19. The grant will provide approximately14,000 providers its virtual reality (VR) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Desktop Simulation Training to assist health systems with preparedness training. It will enable hospitals to quickly deploy training to surge providers needing to acquire or re-acquire clinical skills related to emergency situations—such as dysrhythmia or a code event. Image credit: Health Scholars “Our ACLS simulation provides a deliberate practice environment for surge providers to prepare themselves for acute care—providing the real-to-life reference experience needed to handle inpatient emergencies while on the frontlines of this pandemic,” says Dr. Brian Gillett, President and Chief Medical Officer of Health Scholars. As hospitals continue to ramp up with the assistance of additional providers to handle the patient surge due to COVID-19, this will entail preparing outpatient providers to perform acute care for inpatients or cross-training providers from other areas of the hospital. “Surge providers may need to assist with the care of critical patients in the Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit or General Med-Surge floors, bringing along a challenge of needing to have large numbers of providers quickly acquiring or re-acquiring key clinical skills related [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-02T23:53:28+00:00 April 3rd, 2020|

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IntelyCare Launches First COVID-19 Training Program for Nurses

In response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, IntelyCare is launching the first training certification program specific to nursing facilities. The training will update nursing professionals on COVID-19 prevention and treatment practices in order to maintain the health of nurses and patients during the outbreak. “As we monitored the spread of coronavirus, it rapidly became clear that nursing homes are ground zero and healthcare workers are at high risk of infection. We recognized an immediate need among our facility partners and nurses for training specifically designed for these vulnerable communities,” said David Coppins, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, IntelyCare. “By offering training courses free of cost to our nursing employees and the larger nursing community, we are ensuring that nurses and facilities are better protected, informed and equipped to care for patients in this unprecedented time.” The coronavirus outbreak is placing intense strain on an already-taxed healthcare industry, exacerbating the existing workforce shortage which, before the virus, was expected to reach a dearth of 1 million nurses by 2030. IntelyCare conducted a broad survey of its nurses to gather feedback, determine the biggest needs, and project the potential impact of the virus on the workforce. It found that 74 percent of [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-04-03T00:22:26+00:00 April 3rd, 2020|

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PSMF and APSF Award Patient Safety Curriculum Award

The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and the Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) announced that Brian Bensadigh, MD, MBA of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded the 2020 Patient Safety Curriculum Award (PSCA). Dr. Bensadigh’s proposal, “Perioperative Patient Safety Curriculum for Anesthesia Trainees,” was selected from an outstanding field of applications. The 2020 PSCA awards $100,000 to an anesthesia education investigator for the purpose of modifying the PSMF’s Actionable Patient Safety Solutions (APSS) #17: Patient Safety Curriculum to specifically address perioperative patient safety. The awardee will then test the educational efficiency and effectiveness of implementing the modified curriculum in anesthesia training programs across the spectrum of anesthesia professions. “We are thrilled to partner with the APSF on this grant to improve perioperative patient safety education,” said Dr. David Mayer, Chief Executive Officer of the PSMF. “We can’t wait to see the results of Dr. Bensadigh and team’s implementation.” Dr. Mark Warner, President of the APSF noted, “Dr. Bensadigh’s proposal provides us with a wonderful opportunity to modify the PSMF’s outstanding general Patient Safety Curriculum for use in perioperative settings. Once we have a validated, high quality anesthesia-specific curriculum, we hope to subsequently work closely with our [...]

By Amanda Towner| 2020-03-26T20:24:58+00:00 March 26th, 2020|

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3D Systems to Release COVID-19 Module

Recently released evidence based on Chinese and Italian experience with COVID-19 patients shares the advantages of Lung Ultrasound for front-line physicians and suggests that it has a key role in COVID-19 assessment and management. Image credit: 3D Systems Lung Ultrasound is considered an alternative to chest radiography or CT scanning in COVID-19 patients. It is safe, easy and quick for use at point-of-care, repeatable, low cost and radiation-free. Therefore, training physicians to rapidly acquire lung ultrasound skills can be critical for the success of COVID-19 management. 3D Systems is working around the clock to develop COVID-19 education and training content on the U/S Mentor simulator. If you are a physician with relevant experience, we encourage you to join our development efforts. The new COVID-19 Module will be released on March 30, 2020 and will be provided free of charge to Simbionix U/S Mentor customers.

By Amanda Towner| 2020-03-26T20:10:32+00:00 March 26th, 2020|

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Magic Leap Offers Support for COVID-19

With the global events of the past month, Magic Leap wants to offer support as individuals manage through an unprecedented business environment. As many companies face the challenges of supporting a remote workforce, there’s an increasing need to provide solutions and services to support dispersed teams. Image credit: Magic Leap In response to requests for rapid access to Magic Leap’s remote communication and collaboration solutions, Magic Leap and Spatial are offering the Magic Leap Collaboration Package. This package allows individuals and their teams to work, communicate, and collaborate as if they were in the same place at the same time. The package includes remote service set-up and installation with user licenses for spatial app access, four Magic Leap 1 devices for a trial period of 45 days, and credit for one Magic Leap 1 with package purchase at the end of the 45 day trial.

By Amanda Towner| 2020-03-26T18:09:23+00:00 March 26th, 2020|

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