Report to the Community - Samuel Merritt University

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with simulation learning, healthcare providers have the opportunity to develop and refine their skills using simulation technology — without putting patients at risk.
ePort to the community 2010 — 2011 technology & touch smu faculty use simulation to help Physicians identify and treat sepsis each year, sepsis strikes an estimated 750,000 people in the united states. sepsis is a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria and is the leading cause of death for non-cardiac, critically ill patients in the u.s. sepsis is the one diagnosis-specific initiative that the institute for healthcare improvement recommends hospitals remedy. samuel merritt university and sutter health, parent company of the university, are working together to tackle this nationwide problem by providing additional training in early recognition of signs and symptoms of sepsis. the goal is aimed at reducing the rate of reported sepsisassociated mortality. this past year several physicians from many sutter health hospitals across california have participated in university simulation-based seminars held in the health sciences simulation center (hssc) to practice medical techniques ranging from surgery to patient examinations. an important outcome of these sessions kaiser permanente pediatric doctors and nurses also used the hssc for its pediatrics fundamentals critical care support training. 25
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Page 3 and 4: table of contents note to the commu
Page 5 and 6: ePort to the community 2010 — 201
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