US Army trains military health personnel at HonorHealth trauma center
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — HonorHealth is helping provide hands-on trauma care for military personnel through life-like simulations.
Located at the Osborn Medical Center, the training facility is 15,500- square feet and is equipped with mock rooms to help these personnel complete their training.
“If we have a situation where we have to deploy them overseas, this is the group that is going. So this training is really essential for them,” said Roxanne Flynn, the director of HonorHealth’s military and community partnership.
From fake blood to high-tech mannequins breathing and interacting with the trainees, the goal is to put them in high-stress situations and mock drills so they’re well-prepared to provide critical care on the battlefield.
“They’re critically thinking through a lot of anxiety and they need to do that in the battlefield, so we try to mimic that here so they get the best experience,” Fynn said.
Since 2004, the program has helped train over 3,500 soldiers and airmen in trauma and deployment skills. The program is entirely free of cost for these personnel.
“The military doesn’t have a level one trauma care center in the United States. Civilians have level-one trauma centers. So if you bring the military into your level one trauma center and partner with them in caring for your patients, they learn those different ways to care for battlefield medicine,” Flynn said.
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