BGU Initiates Trauma Training In New Medical Simulation Building
BGU Initiates Trauma Training In New Medical Simulation Building
October 25, 2023
Sahar Gavish gives a briefing using a simulator at the Rachel and Max Javit Medical Simulation and Classroom Building.
(photo credit: DANI MACHLIS)
The Jerusalem Post — Medical teams that will treat wounded soldiers from Gaza battlefields are undergoing training not only in the field and in hospitals but also at the Center for Medical Simulation at Ben-Gurion University in the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva.
The center took the initiative to allow doctors, medical staff, and even volunteer doctors from abroad to be trained in a practical approach to the treatment of trauma victims. The training, essential for medical personnel preparing for emergency missions in accordance with the needs in the field, has received academic sponsorship from the emergency medicine at BGU’s Medical School for International Health (MSIH) which was opened in June of 2022.
The new, $23 million, four-story Rachel and Max Javit Medical Simulation and Classroom Building includes a comprehensive, state-of-the-art simulation center and teaching space that will dramatically impact healthcare training, education, and research. BGU says the Field Family Medical Simulation Center, which is housed within the Medical Simulation and Classroom Building, is the only facility of its size in Israel that was built specifically for medical simulation education.
Menachem Blumenthal, the center’s director, said that since October 7, many medical teams from the army and civilian organizations, have been contacting us, requesting training in our simulation center. We try to include them all in the training. Teams train routinely. This time it’s for real.”
“This effort represents BGU’s commitment to making a major contribution in these challenging times. Although many of our staff are on reserve duty, we stand united with the medical community in these difficult times,” said Dr. Oren Wacht, the academic director of the simulation center.
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