City hospitals mark World Trauma Day, to take part in simulation workshops.
Bengaluru: From Golden Hour it is being transformed to Platinum Minutes, as city hospitals now rely on simulation to efficiently handle trauma cases. “It is more of a technique than a technology. And it is for the first time that we have brought this technique in the city,” says Dr Supraja Chandrasekar, Lead Consultant Paediatric Intensivist, Raghavendra People Tree Hospitals who informs that 26 hospitals across the country have registered to conduct the National Paediatrics Simulation Workshop. During this programme, the trainers demonstrated experiments through mannequins on how precious lives could be saved by creating an encounter which was similar to the real world, but having a controlled environment. The entire programme was organised through simulation-related techniques where medical practitioners across the state received hands-on training on reducing medical mishaps.
"The simulation allows the learner to experience a real-life scenario in a risk-free environment, reflect on the experience through a feedback, a structured debriefing, and to understand the concepts more clearly while experimenting in a safe environment at his or her pace," explained Dr Supraja. Simulation sessions help the novice progress up the learning curve faster and acquire the essential technical and non-technical skills in preparation for a real-life experience. "We did not use the mannequins which are used in West as the cost would run into lakhs. At the training workshop we used dolls and hooked them to a monitor," says Dr Supraja.
The training programme coincided with World Trauma Day which is observed on October 17. Trauma means "any injury caused to the body". The injury may be caused due to many reasons like road accidents, fires, burns and falls. Among all the causes, Road Traffic Accident (RTA) was the leading cause of trauma across the world. Many injuries may lead to temporary or permanent disability while others may even cause death. Every year, about 5 million people die from injuries across the world. In India alone, it is estimated that one million people die and 20 million are hospitalised every year due to injuries. The cases are severe among children who are not only sensitive but also more prone to such accidents.
