Simulated hospital wards

Health Sciences has two dedicated, ‘Simulated Wards’.  These closely replicate clinical environments that students will encounter during their placements.  They feature modern facilities such as, electric beds, nurse-call systems, emergency alarms, medical gases, and suction.  

The rooms can be further customised to represent the nuances of more specialist areas such as Intensive Care Units (ICU), Emergency Departments (ED), Clinical Decision Units (CDU), and Acute Medical Units (AMU).  In addition, both spaces are equipped with advanced camera technology, allowing students to remotely view activities, as well as reflect on their own performance during activities. 

Equipment

Each 5-bed ward is equipped with:

• electric profiling beds, armchairs and bedside lockers
• pan/tilt and zoom 360-degree cameras mounted in the ceiling and microphones over each bed
• adult and child advanced simulation manikins that can display the physiological variables such as heart rate, BP, and chest sounds These manikins are used to replicate patients that are seen in acute hospital settings such as ICU, HDU, AMU as in the list above

Other healthcare equipment includes:

• transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) machines
• ice, wax and ultrasound machines
• electrocardiogram (ECG) machines
• blood pressure monitors and pulse oximeters
• treadmill
• manual handling and splinting equipment

Specialist Part-Task Trainers, models of parts of the body designed to give you the opportunity to practise important healthcare skills such as:

• inserting a nasogastric tube
• inserting a canular
• inserting a catheter
• inserting a needle