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By Christian Oldale

Lethbridge Polytechnic Simulation hub receives international accreditation

Jan 21, 2025 | 3:25 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – The Simulation Hub at Lethbridge Polytechnic has received international accreditation from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH).

The hub is a high-tech clinical laboratory that simulates various healthcare treatment spaces, from emergency rooms to less intensive treatments like massage therapy. The simulations run at the hub work to prepare the students for real-world situations they will encounter in their healthcare careers.

Simulation Hub instructor Marie Laenen says that preparation students get also includes collaborations with other programs at the Polytechnic and local agencies.

In the Simulation Hub, students and Simulation Specialists use highly advanced mannequins to complete their work, integrating them into different scenarios for the students to learn how to respond to. These scenarios include overdoses, cardiac arrests, and a medical episode for a baby in with a troubled home life.

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The mannequins have the ability to breathe, blink and in the case of the baby, cry and turn pale and blue. The lab simulates a heartbeat that they monitor through the mannequins for the students and specialists use.

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Lethbridge Polytechnic is one of four post-secondary institutions in Canada to achieve such accreditation from SSH. Simulation Specialist Fred Manaloto says the accreditation will help with recruitment, and many other ways.

Information on career-ready programs in healthcare at Lethbridge Polytechnic can be found on the school’s website.

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