Simulation in Omaha

The Omaha Simulation Center gives learners access to a broad range of technologies designed to recreate the equipment, procedures and patient encounters they will experience in clinical practice. Resources include: 

• Advanced patient simulators
• Ultrasound systems
• Procedural trainers
• Simulated patient-monitoring technology
• Medication-delivery equipment

High-fidelity patient simulators allow students to work through complex scenarios involving patients across the lifespan, from premature infants and newborns to children and adults. Specialized simulators also support training in maternal care, trauma, critical care, and nursing and cardiopulmonary assessment

Students can also develop procedural skills using task trainers and ultrasound simulation for: 

• Airway management
• Vascular access
• Joint injections
• Lumbar punctures
• Chest procedures
• Other interventions

Surgical and diagnostic technologies extend that practice to areas such as laparoscopy, endoscopy, eye and ear examinations, auscultation and point-of-care ultrasound.

The center further strengthens realism with clinical equipment found in healthcare environments, including patient monitors, infusion pumps, defibrillators, ventilators, anesthesia equipment and a simulated operating room. Together, these resources allow learners to move from practicing individual skills to managing realistic patient-care scenarios while strengthening clinical judgment, communication and teamwork.

For questions about specific equipment, please email simulation@creighton.edu.