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ABC - Answer: airway, breathing, circulation
AC - Answer: before meals
Advocacy and inquiry - Answer: A communication method within debriefing that pairs a
statement of observation and point of view with a question directed at understanding an
action through a participant's cognitive construct or frame.
AMA - Answer: against medical advice
APAP - Answer: Automatic Positive Airway Pressure
Assessment - Answer: The process of documenting, usually in measurable terms, a
subject's knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs.
Avatar - Answer: Graphical representation of the user or user's alter ego or character. It
may take either a 3-dimensiona form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a 2-D form as an
icon in Internet forums and other online communities.
Behavioral Skills - Answer: the decision-making and team interaction processes used
during team's management of a situation
Best practices - Answer: An idea that asserts that there is a technique, method, process,
activity, incentive, or reward that is more effective at delivering particular outcomes than
any other technique, method, process, and so on. The most efficient (least amount of
effort) and effective (best results)way of accomplishing a task based on repeatable
procedures that have proven themselves over time for large numbers of people
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, Briefing - Answer: This refers to any activity that occurs prior to a simulation event such
as an educational activity. This can include giving instructions, guidelines, or directives.
This can be for the instructional staff as well as for the learners.
CABG - Answer: coronary artery bypass grafting
CHF - Answer: congestive heart failure
CHSE - Answer: Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator
CHSE-A - Answer: Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator-Advanced
CHSOS - Answer: Certified Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialist
CHSOS program - Answer: A term used throughout various documents and resources
of the CHSOS certification. It is a general term used to encompass any and all activities
related to the application, verification, certification granting, administrative, and other
functions performed in the certification program.
COPD - Answer: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Clinical scenario (simulated scenario) - Answer: A plan of an expected and potential
course of events for a simulated clinical experience.
Computer-based simulation - Answer: Simulation activities that are performed via a
computer program. These are similar to virtual reality simulations, but do not include
additional interfaces between the learner and the computer.
Confederate - Answer: An individual other than the patient who is scripted in a
simulation to provide realism, additional challenges, or additional information for the
learner.
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