Resident Curriculum
Throughout the academic year, our resident physicians cycle through clinical scenarios highly pertinent to Emergency Medicine. Our simulator sessions are carefully matched to resident training level. All cases utilize: 1) case progressions, 2) critical actions, 3) supporting documents such as EKG's, XRAYS, triage and EMS papers and 4) detailed educational handouts discussing pathology and current evidence based management principles of the disease entity. Residents leave the session armed with hands on experience in managing complicated emergent cases.

Student Curriculum
Using the simulator’s unique ability to accurately replicate normal and pathologic physical findings and acute cardio-respiratory physiology, we provide Downstate's 4th year medical students with an intensive training course. The course reviews pertinent theoretical aspects of the critically ill patient. It focuses on early identification of severe illness and practical management skills relating to airway management, respiratory distress and cardiopulmonary arrest. Upon completion of the course, students possess basic knowledge and skills necessary to the initial stabilization of critically ill patients.

Fellow Curriculum
Cardiolgy fellows train annually in pericardiocentesis, and we are currently developing a curriculum for transvenous pacemaker insertion.

Disaster Preparedness
We provide disaster medical education geared toward medical professionals, first responders, and community members. Simulations cover pre-hospital, triage, and emergency department consequence management of chemical, biological, and radiological mass casualty incidents. We partner with the New York Institute for All Hazard Preparedness in disaster drill training. We are also developing methodology that simulates random or planned mass casualty incident location occurances utilizing the USC GIS Research Laboratory's Geocoding service. Specific examples of the simulated scenarios include: