Scenarios
Medical Simulation Scenarios are text documents outlining the various details of a simulation - everything from patient simulator settings to debriefing notes.
Below is a collection of donated scenarios for you to use or modify.
If you have any scenarios you would be willing to share with the simulation community, please forward them to me.
Topic: Abdominal Trauma
Title: Motorcycle Crash
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Adrenal Crisis
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Anaphylaxis
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Anaphylaxis
Title: Anaphylaxis In An Inpatient
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Alison Rodger, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Anaphylaxis
Title: Bee Sting In An 8 Month Old
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Topic: Apnea
Title: Drowning In A 3 Year Old
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Topic: Asthmatic Protocol for ED
Title: Branching Scenario: 3 Treatment Routine ER - Pediatric Patient
Targets: Emergency Department Staff and Respiratory Therapy Students
Author / Instituation: Carl Rod, MS, RRT, RCP, Rose State College RT Clinical Simulation Lab
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Topic: Atrial Fibrillation
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia from Digoxin Toxicity
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Bradicadia
Title: Bradycardic Arrest - Carotid Sinus Mass
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Burn
Title: Cigarette Fire
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Burn
Title: Meth Lab Explosion
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Cardiac Arrest
Target: Inter-professional Team Training
Author / Institution: Alim Nagji, Krista Dowhos / Joseph Brant Hospital
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Topic: Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Title: Auto Accident
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: CHF (Congestive Heart Failure)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Mediating Conflict
Title: Managing Family Members with Different Views
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU
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Topic: Crohns Flare
Title: Complicated Crohn’s
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Delirious, Combative / Violent Patient Management
Title: Delirium
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU
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Topic: Delivering Bad News
Title: Delivering Bad News after a Stroke
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU
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Topic: Difficult Airway
Title: Ace Inhibitor Angioedema
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Difficult Airway
Title: Difficult / Failed Airway
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Disclosure of an Adverse Event
Title: Retained Guidewire from a Central Line
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink / OHSU
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Topic: DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: DKA
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
Title: Acute Pulmonary Edema requiring intubation
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
Title: Severe Asthma requiring intubation
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Electrical Storm
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Emergent Med-Surg Response
Title: MET/RRT Response
Targets: Response Teams, House Staff and Respiratory Therapy Students
Author / Instituation: Carl Rod, MS, RRT, RCP, Rose State College RT Clinical Simulation Lab
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Topic: EtOH Withdrawal
Title: EtOH Withdrawal Siezure
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Febrile Neutropenia
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Head Trauma
Title: Four Storey Fall
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Head Trauma
Title: Hit by Motorboat
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Hypertension
Title: Aortic Dissection
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Hypertension
Title: Autonomic Dysreflexia
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Hypertensive Emergency
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Hypertensive Emergency
Title: “Diastolic Danger” – Hypertensive Urgency / Emergency
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Hailey Hobbs, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Hypoxia
Target: Inter-professional Team Training
Author / Institution: Devin Sydor
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Topic: Inferior Stemi
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Labor and delivery, postpartum hemorrhage
Title: Normal Delivery with PPH
Target: Maternal - Child Course - Nursing Education
Author / Institution: Kelly McMunn
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Topic: PEA Arrest (pulseless electrical activity)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Pelvic Fracture
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Pneumonia
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Pneumonia
Title: Community Acquired Pneumonia
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Iain Arseneau, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Pulmonary Embolism
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Sepsis
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - Crohn's Intraabdominal
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - DKA and Pneumonia
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - Febrile Neutropenia
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Shock
Title: Blunt Trauma Causing a High Spinal Cord Injury with Neurogenic Shock
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Shock
Title: Hemorrhagic Shock in an Elderly Pedestrian stuck by a Vehicle
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Shock
Title: Penetrating Chest Trauma Causing Obstructive Shock
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald
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Topic: Snake Bite
Target: ER residents
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine
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Topic: Status Asthmaticus
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Unknown
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Topic: Status Epilepticus - Apnea Post-Benzodiazepines
Title: Seven month old with Status Epilepticus
Target: Pediatric Residents
Author / Institution: Keith Gregoire
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Topic: Stroke
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Subdural Hemorrhage
Title: SDH and DOAC
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Syncope / Torsades
Title: Syncope / Torsades in the setting of acquired prolonged QT
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Tasha Kulai, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Tachycardia – Rapid AF
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Toxic Shock Syndrome
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon
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Topic: Toxicology - Bupivicaine Overdose
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University
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Topic: Toxicology - Hydrofluoric Acid Burns
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University
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Topic: Toxicology - Organophosphates
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University
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Topic: Upper GastrointestinalI Bleed
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University
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Topic: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Title: GI Bleed
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University
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Topic: Viral bronchiolitis in infants requiring intubation
Title: Apnea in the infant with RSV bronchiolitis
Target: Pediatric Residents
Author / Institution: Mike Storr
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