10 minutes – 1 scenario – 1 team

The piercing sound of an ambulance siren tears through the air. A 5-year-old child is rushed in, cyanotic, experiencing partial respiratory arrest caused by a rare airway foreign body compressing the pulmonary hilum. Inside the emergency room, the tension is at its peak. The medical team quickly takes position: one intubates, another monitors vital signs, while another prepares the interventional endoscopy system. Every action flows seamlessly, like a perfectly programmed machine. After 10 minutes of a life-and-death battle, the foreign body is successfully removed. A cry echoes, the child’s complexion gradually returns to normal, and their eyes slowly open, looking around.
 

Medical students practicing a pediatric emergency scenario at the Simulation Hospital

This is not a real-life emergency case, but one of many simulated scenarios designed by instructors for students at the Simulation Hospital of Phan Chau Trinh University. These experiences help students build confidence and be ready to engage in clinical procedures as soon as they enter real hospital settings, minimizing initial confusion.

Rare, high-pressure cases with limited real-life exposure… are exactly the kinds of “assignments” repeated daily for PCTU students in the simulation hospital. There, students will:

• Develop teamwork reflexes: Students are placed in challenging, uncommon scenarios to train composure and coordination. When real situations arise, they are no longer overwhelmed, having practiced them dozens of times.
• Experience a simulated environment with more than 70 functional rooms and 100% real medical equipment (CT Scanner, X-ray, Endoscopy, central oxygen system...). Students take on the role of real doctors in departments such as Emergency, ICU, and Operating Room.
• Learn skills through patients: From high-tech simulation robots (replicating seizures, hemorrhage, umbilical cord complications) to well-trained standardized patients, enabling students to master both clinical expertise and empathetic communication.

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