AMMC Goes Purple!

To show it’s support for Relay For Life in Second Life, AMMC goes purple today!
A big thank-you goes to Fidelius for taking the time to do the decorating!
What a way to show our support for those who have been touched by this illness, and other diseases that have the potential to cut lives short.
May we celebrate with the survivors, give care to the caregivers, and remember those we have lost.
Tessa

novel H1N1/swine flu

Ha all
Our latest addition in AMMC will be thrown in the deep end
at once, he will be giving a presentation about novel H1N1.

The objectives of this update on novel H1N1
will be to provide information
(1) on the molecular structure of the influenza A virus and how it changes,
(2) the spread of the virus,
(3) diagnosis and treatment, and
(4) potential concerns for a pandemic.

The presentation will be given using powerpoint and voice
and is intended for both the healthcare worker and the interested layperson.
Raven McCullough is, in RL, a MD/PhD trained in infectious diseases and
is a professor engaged in research at an university medical center.
This H1N1 update will be presented on Sat, May 16, at 10 AM SLT.

After the presentation there will be a short musical intermezzo, i like to keep you in suspense a bit who she is
In this time there is the possibility for a guided tour in flying seats,
around AMMC hospital. Wer strongly advice those that take this flyiing seats tour,
to remain seated in flight since emergency will be closed during this presentation

After the musical intermezzo, there is time to ask questions
to Dr Raven McCullough
Hope to see you al there greetz Vera

rescheduelling osteosarcoma

Ha all

Due to SL problems, the case presentation of today has been rescheduelled,

we apologies for this (but cant help it )

This case presentation has been rescheduelled to
-date may 30
-time 10 AM sl time
-location:  AMMC conference
-topic: osteosarcoma

greetz Vera

Osteosarcoma Case Presentation at AMMC Sat 5/9/09

The following is for the intern meeting for students at the AMMC. There will be a case presentation on osteosarcoma in the meeting room of the auditorium at 10 am pdt on Sat May 9, 2009.

Hope 2 c u there

H1N1/ swine flu/May9

Swine flu

Swine flu/N1H1
 
In the lobby of AMMC hospital, there are several information screens with information about,
Swine flu/ H1N1. These screens have been made possible by several AMMC staff members.
Among others:
(Dr) Elspet Glasgow, AMMC co director and rl infectious disease specialist
(Dr) Paty Amiot, AMMC physian, RL cardiologist
(nurse) Tessa Finesmith, AMMC and rl nurse
(intern) Vera Zhaoying, AMMC and RL intern.
 
These screens are in a loop, so please take your time to look at all the slides.
AMMC is a virtual hospital to train rl med students, so please refrain from roleplaying.
 
greetz Vera

Mark in your calendar May 9, exact time will be posted later.

Dr Cary will hold a speach about Onclogy

Oncology

Ha everybody

Oncology and a party is not the most logicall combination! But i am bold enough to do just that!!!  on the channels i have, i posted the following notice:

Dance for Life

Ha All
I admit i stole a catchy title but it is just that!!
If you like Trance dance and house music.
If you also want to support the ACS and Relay for Life,
go visit dance island, great music and a great cause!!

One world one hope
and   good music!!

greetz Vera

I did that cause oncology and AMMC have a long history, as does AMMC, a virtual hospital and the American cancer society!! Their motto this year: One world one hope!!! I am dutch, no doctor yet, but we need one world, one hope!!! The AMMC project hopes to be a part of that hope!!!!

A  great deal of AMMC staff is active as Cancer care givers, some staff is Cancer experience expert, and some are important volunteers!!! For all of you  i posted a  party Oncology and a  party!!!

Folks there is more then one way to defeat cancer!!!!  Dancing on dance island in sl is one way!!!!!!!!  please dontate!!!!

 

Now more AMMC style, next intern meeting is probably a  week later as usuall, but worth waitinfg  for, Dr Cary about Oncology. The women health centre has updated screens. 

greetz Vera

Ann Myers Medical Center Well Represented at Dreams Fair

The Dreams Fair 2009 looked to be a great success, with many exhibits providing a wealth of information.
Ann Myers Medical Center was well represented with the Breast Cancer Awareness exhibit created by Vera Zhoaying.
Some may wonder if a fair in Second Life can have an impact.
Apparently the answer is yes.
AMMC was contacted by a woman who was just recently diagnosed with breast cancer, asking for information.
Hats off to Vera to take time out her busy schedule to do this!

Fidelius, (AMMC’s greatest supporter) was on hand to help with questions. Many were surprised to find so much information on the subject. They even checked out the mammogram machine as well as learning the appropriate way to do a self exam .

Ha all,

 

(the pictures i hoped to include seem to be missing)

First 2 month of 2009 are almost over,
a start of the year in wich AMMC, took a major step
in one of the reasons AMMC was founded for.

AMMC was created, by Doctor Ann Buchanan to test the possibilities of
virtual training for First Life medical and nursing students.
Concerning nursing students , this is
a post from a real life nurse educator
and valuable AMMC member about the first
nursing training/simulation.

Tessa’s post:

Hello,

My name is Tessa Finesmith. I am in Nursing Education at
Riverland Community College in Austin, MN, USA.
It has been a hope to be able to do simulations
in Second Life with our nursing students,
and February 13th we took our first step.

 I feel fortunate to have found The Ann Myers Medical Center.
After months of immersing in Second Life to learn ” the ropes,”
and countless conversations with Nix Stransky, Vera Zhaoying,
Fidelius Dollinger, we held a mulitdisciplinary simulation.

The scenario was of a patient who entered a hospital with flu
syndrome, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, which of course caused
dehydration. As part of treatment, an IV of D5W was started at 200 ml/hour.
Over the course of this patients 3 day stay,
the IV was never turned down and the patient went from a
dehydrated status to fluid overload and subsequent
congestive heart failure with pulmonary edema.

We do not have the computers to support the students in building avatars,
so they were in a classroom while the simulation played out.

It was a huge success! The students liked it, thought it was fun,
and had a great dialogue going on amongst themselves as to
what to do first to help this patient.
They were even on the right path to question
the rate of the IV and to slow it down.

Vera was on hand to be called to get provider orders from
and to give a report to. Nix played the lab personal and
delivered ABG’s report and also x-ray tech to deliver chest x-ray report.

Fidelius was the grandson.. who got pushed off away and no one was talking to him.

After the simulation, a debriefing session occurred. Nix,
Vera and Fidelius stayed to talk about their roles in this.
We talked about poor Fid getting left without anyone talking to
him about his poor granny!I cannot thank them enough for their help with this!

Since this was my first time doing a simulation, I did not post the date and time,
so we all could see how this went.

I do hope to do another simulation at AMMC in March with CVA being the focus.
I will post the date and time for that one on the calendar,
so you are welcome to come to see how we are doing this.

Thank-you

Tessa Finesmith
Another goal, why Doctor Ann Buchanan,
to assist students to become more proficient in initial exam history and physicals.
The patient often reveals many important aspects of their disorder through
their words if the physician takes the time to listen. In this fast-paced world,
med students are not being appropriately trained to listen.

To better support this goal Ann  invisioned,
AMMC created a special history and physicals room.
It is located in the old ER!.
This room is still a work in progress,
but AMMC hopes that it is a usefull addition to
AMMC ’s training capabilities, as well as place,
where AMMC public feels free to ask questions.

 

Last but not least, the next intern meeting:
february 28 at 10 AM, location AMMC conference area.
Topic is basic CPR.
This topic is chosen, cause (AMMC) medical staff,
is not always surrounded by crash carts, various medication
and if need be an ACLS team.

But if you are in a restaurant with friends,
and across the street someone turns grey, grab his chest and collapses.
Rest assure you are the person they look at, to go save this person.

Subtopics this intern meeting:
-history of CPR
-CPR case
-CPR in a nutt shell

Jason Young: Improving Communication With Cognitively Impaired Patients Edit Presentation

Jason Young is a Geriatric Clinician and gave a slideshow about Improving Communication With Cognitively Impaired Patients on the 7th of February at 10:00 AM PST (Second Life time) at the Ann Myers Medical Center.

Second Life presentation this Saturday

Jason Young is a Geriatric Clinician and will give a slideshow about Improving Communication With Cognitively Impaired Patients this Saturday (the 7th of February) at 10:00 AM PST (Second Life time) at the Ann Myers Medical Center.

Here is the teleport link.

The slideshow is already up.