Participants Get Hands on Experience in Simulation Conference

Drexel’s Certification in Simulation conference, held at Hahnemann Hospital’s Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Simulation and Practice earlier this month, was interrupted to alert attendees that the building down the block was being demolished and they would have the opportunity to watch it on television. Using actual footage from the Nov. 15, 2009 Drexel power plant tower implosion, conference attendees were told they were seeing live shots of the event.

As the building in the video started to fall, the attendees heard crashing noises and received news that the implosion had gone terribly wrong. Participants went to work and soon found that some of their “patients” were actually mannequins simulating multiple injuries such as compound fractures, impaled objects and embedded glass. Other “patients” were actually actors and Drexel staff playing the role of injured nurses.