Partner Highlight: Center for Prehospital Care

Certifying our healthcare professionals with life-saving skills

Trainees participating in a surgical simulation

UCLA Center for Prehospital Care is part of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and is one of the leading emergency and prehospital academic centers in the nation. We are proudly partnered with UCLA Simulation Center to provide the following programs at the UCLA Rosenfeld Hall.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support Programs (ACLS)

  • 58 sessions
  • 232 hours
  • 890 providers trained

Pediatric Advanced Life Support Programs (PALS)

  • 50 sessions
  • 200 hours
  • 475 providers trained

In addition to certifying hospital staff, CPC also provides certification courses to medical students during their Basecamp week.

Top 5 CPC Educators

Donna Kunz

280 hours

Michelle Torres

255 hours

Victor Vazquez

150 hours

Nikko Hammonds

135 hours

Justin Juarez

106 hours

People wearing scrubs completing a surgical simulation

In Situ L&D Simulation: From Simulation to Real Emergency

The simulation team wheeled their equipment into the Labor & Delivery unit; the real clinical environment where emergencies unfold. This was an in-situ simulation: training conducted in the authentic setting where teams work.

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