The Vital Anaesthesia Simulation Training (VAST) Course – Immersive simulation designed for low-resource settings. Update in Anaesthesia. For full publication see: https://www.wfsahq.org/components/com_virtual_library/media/ab61e49e575ea390308f2250dfe1f888-UiA-33-Mossenson.pdf ABSTRACT There is a global shortage of trained …
Are you interested offering VAST in your region? The VAST Operations Manual (pdf | 446 kb) details out the steps for implementing VAST in a new region.
Our team was invited to deliver the VAST in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a mixed group of anesthesia residents, NPAs, surgical trainees and nurses. This course stems from the ongoing …
With 2018 behind us, it is with great excitement that the VAST team are looking forward to the opportunities and challenges that 2019 will present: VAST Rwanda: Non-technical skills study: …
Thank you to all involved in the most recent VAST Course in Prince George, British Columbia. This is a fantastic moment for the team behind VAST, seeing it delivered in …
Dr Patty Livingston’s reflections on VAST Nyagatare, Rwanda (27-29 August 2018) Nyagatare is a small town in a remote corner of eastern Rwanda, north of Akagera Park, the savannah wildlife …
VAST v1.0 is about to launch…first stop is Nyagatare District, Rwanda. Thanks to a research grant from Dalhousie University, we have some shiny new equipment and an all-star team ready …
VAST v1.0 – Coming soon, to a simulated operating theatre near you! A lot has happened since the pilot VAST Courses earlier this year… Some significant changes have been made …
It’s alive! Victor Frankenstein recounts how he “infused a spark of being into the lifeless thing at his feet”. The idea for the VAST Course sprouted in July 2017 and …
Flint strikes steel Who knew it would lead to this… Prior to starting my Global Health Fellowship at Dalhousie University, I had no fixed idea what my year would entail. …