Simulation practices

We got started with our acute nursing studies yesterday when we had couple of different kinds of simulation practices in our skill lab lessons. We were supposed to act as paramedics in those simulation practices. There were three different cases. The cases included elderly patient with acute myocardial infarction, elderly person with a hip fracture, and a one-year-old baby with burns in his feet. It was quite challenging at first since I don't have any experience about emergency care but once we got started it was really fun! I also noticed that in all of those cases you could find the same connective thing which is the vital signs. So the basic things are the most important thing to remember in emergency care and in nursing on the whole.
We also had punch of  new "teachers" which was nice! The new "teachers" were nursing students like us but they already have some work experience from emergency care. For them being a teacher in these simulation exercises were part of their studies and the same kind of "teaching" is waiting for us aswell later this spring. It was really nice to hear how things are done in the field at the moment. It was also a bit more relaxed to do these simulation exercises with other students than teachers.Even though we have great teachers teaching us variety is the spice of life.
Overall it was a different day at school but I enjoyed it very much, learnt lot of new things, and went through some already learnt things. It was very productive day and I hope we'll have many days like this ahead of us!