Center for Simulation and Innovation - Facilities

The Center for Simulation and Innovation is particularly advantaged when it comes to accommodating large blocks of learners. Facilities encompass three wings of the Health Sciences Education Building (HSEB) at 435 N. 5^th Street, Phoenix, Arizona. The center, which opened in July 2012, has the capacity to educate 160 students simultaneously. It is designed with highly adaptable simulation space and is outfitted with the latest technologies and equipment.

There are six procedure skills training labs and 14 simulation labs that include 11 hospital rooms, one emergency room and two obstetrics/surgery suites. Each simulation lab has an associated, separately located operations control room. There are nine dedicated teaching and debriefing rooms, each accommodating 12 learners. Procedure skills training labs support up to 24 or 60 learners, depending on the room. In addition, the center has access to adjacent UA and Phoenix Bioscience Core auditoriums and learning labs to accommodate even larger groups. Simulation labs mimic in-patient hospital rooms and typically include one of 19 adult or pediatric high fidelity mannequins, a hospital bed, code cart, headwall with gasses, patient and stimulus monitors, IV pole and fluids, defibrillator, medications, moulage and supplies.

Simulation labs mimic in-patient hospital rooms and typically include one of 24 adult or pediatric high fidelity mannequins, a hospital bed, headwall with gasses and patient and stimulus monitors. Additional equipment, trainers and supplies may be added to support the simulation scenario.

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Simulation Environment

Task Training

The task training rooms are available for students to learn a variety of procedural skills, including: blood drawing, wound care, lumbar puncture, joint injection, central line insertion, IV placement, arterial blood draw, chest tube insertion and airway management.