Level: Undergraduate / post-secondary
Post Operative Assessment – Escalation of Care: The Physician Phone Call That Counts
A 10-year-old girl is at the school playground with her friends. She suddenly becomes short of breath. She has recently immigrated to Canada from Hungary with her parents.
Read more »Pediatric Sepsis (“Harper Peterson”)
In this scenario, EMS responds to a call for a critically ill infant and must stabilize the baby before transport.
Read more »Mass Casualty Scenario
This is a mass casualty scenario where a single vehicle has struck a group of cyclists on the roadway. You (the paramedic) will arrive on scene and assume the role of triage officer. You will be required to assess patients and assign them an appropriate triage category. It is recommended to use either SALT or […]
Read more »Respiratory Distress and Oxygen Titration (Body Interact Case 783, Mohamad Saad)
62-year-old male who is admitted to emergency experiencing SOB and increasing crackles on auscultation, and is also a smoker. He wears glasses and has a hearing aid but refuses to use it. He speaks Arabic and limited English but his son is willing to translate and also says that his dad does not want hospital […]
Read more »Patient with difficulty breathing
You are a Paramedic, arriving at the scene and find the patient in respiratory distress and alongside them is a support worker/translator.
Read more »Sepsis in an Older Adult (Body Interact Case 794)
You are a member of an interprofessional team working in an Emergency Department. You have been assigned to meet,a 70-year-old adult with dementia, who has been transferred from a Long-Term Care Residence in response to changes in their physical and mental status.
Read more »Cardiac Arrest of an Infant
You are a Paramedic, arriving at the scene at 8:10am local time. Your initial scene assessment reveals no safety concerns. You are guided to a small room with a crib against the wall. You find the mother, inconsolable, and the father performing CPR on the infant, on the floor in front of the crib.
Read more »Pediatric Respiratory Distress
You are enacting the role of a nurse at a Children’s Hospital Emergency Department. the patient is a 4-month-old born at term with no complications. The patient is up to date with all immunizations. The patient’s mom reports an increased respiratory rate, wet sounding cough, runny nose, and decreased oral intake over the last 3 […]
Read more »Pediatric Abdominal Assessment
A 10 year old female who is accompanied by her mother is presenting to the ER with complaints of abdominal pain for the past week,which has increased in intensity to 7/10 in the past 24 hours.
Read more »Caring for chronic addictions and the plight of the houseless person
The goal of this simulation is to increase learner’s awareness about management of Alcohol addictions for a client who is homeless. This simulation will explore critical and focused assessment for a client with alcohol abuse (CIWA). It will also help the learners to apply social determinants of health for Homeless populations by collaborating with an […]
Read more »Palliative Care at Home: Supporting Client’s Decisions
The patient is a 78-year-old widow. They had end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. They have been receiving care at home and has visiting nurses coming to their home. They undergo treatment for their end-stage COPD at home which is time consuming and involved. They find it exhausting. Their husband died 6 months ago, and they […]
Read more »Palliative End Of Life Care
The patient lives in Shady Oaks – a long-term care home. Over the past few days his health has rapidly declined – their symptoms suggest a bowel obstruction. The patient is refusing to go to the hospital for acute intervention. The goal of this virtual simulation is to help you, as a future registered nurse, […]
Read more »Care of a Patient at End-of-Life
This scenario takes learners through the care needs of a patient at the end of life. In this scenario, you will be caring for an individual who has been diagnosed with undifferentiated lung cancer, which has metastasized to the chest wall, pleura and bone. As you progress through the scenario, you will need to make […]
Read more »Mental Health Group Therapy: Mental Status Assessment and Therapeutic Communication
This simulation will provide an inpatient mental health experience allowing the learner to orient themselves to the client’s charts and observe a facilitated inpatient mental health group that focuses the clients on goal setting. The simulation presents opportunities to discover information that will support client assessment and prepare for the group experience. Observation of the […]
Read more »Acute Depression
In this interactive simulation, you will be conducting a mental health interview with a patient in acute depression with suicidal ideations who has been admitted voluntarily to the acute psychiatric unit.
Read more »De-escalation of a patient with a prior history of bipolar disorder
In this scenario, learners will care for an adult diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type I, who is experiencing a manic episode. Learners will use therapeutic communication skills to complete assessments and practice verbal de-escalation strategies. Learners will also identify medications that may be administered to promote patient safety. The simulation will occur during a day […]
Read more »Crisis Prevention
The patient is a 42-year-old Filipino woman admitted to the acute medical unit for treatment of pneumonia and a urinary tract infection. The patient is also a very passionate nurse who is supporting her family overseas, while working at a short-staffed facility which has aided in her current state of mental exhaustion. In this interactive […]
Read more »Management of opioid addiction
The goal of this simulation is to enhance learners’ awareness about management of Opioid addictions. This simulation will explore critical and focused assessment for a client with substance abuse (COWs). It will also demonstrate prioritized care utilizing an interprofessional approach for a client with an opioid addiction.
Read more »Assessing suicide risk & responding
The goal of this simulation is to enhance learners’ awareness and comfort in performing the Suicide assessment utilizing Suicide Assessment Five-Step Evaluation and Triage (SAFE-T) Protocol with C-SSRS (Columbia Risk and Protective Factors) – Recent. Further, learners will be able to competently identify warning signs and risk factors of suicide, individual protective factors. It will […]
Read more »Patient with schizophrenia having a dystonic reaction
In this scenario, learners will have the opportunity to assess and manage care for an adult who has schizophrenia with paranoid delusions, and is experiencing a dystonic reaction. Learners will conduct an initial and focused assessment as well as recognize abnormal findings. The simulation will occur during a day shift on an in-patient psychiatric unit.
Read more »Teaching Spirometry to a Postoperative Patient
The focus of this scenario is on the principles of incentive spirometry (IS) and the importance of using this technique in the care of your post operative patient.
Read more »Embolie pulmonaire (Cas 782 de Body Interact, Isabel Roberston)
Une patiente de 78 ans à l’étage de la chirurgie en est à son deuxième jour post-opératoire. La patiente refuse de se déplacer après l’opération et développe une thrombose veineuse profonde dans son mollet droit. Aujourd’hui, elle est venue aux urgences et la patiente a signalé qu’elle était essoufflée et que sa respiration était très […]
Read more »Hypovolemic shock in a postoperative patient
The patient is a 64 y/o male has had a transverse partial colectomy for colon cancer, and is two hours post-surgery.
Read more »Pre-Operative Teaching
This scenario will follow the nurse’s responsibilities in an adult prepating for surgery; from the preoperative assessment to the arrival at the surgical suite.
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