The $1 million mobile unit, a 40-foot commercial vehicle, is equipped with three simulation bays and three advanced patient manikins, one of which simulates childbirth, including cesarean sections and other obstetric emergencies. (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Arlington

The $1 million mobile unit, a 40-foot commercial vehicle, is equipped with three simulation bays and three advanced patient manikins, one of which simulates childbirth, including cesarean sections and other obstetric emergencies.

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“When it comes to obstetric or delivery emergencies, rural patients are at higher risk for poorer outcomes than their urban counterparts,” said Jennifer Roye, the assistant dean of simulation and technology at the College of Nursing and Health Innovation. “That is all the more reason to train those nurses out there on how to take care of emergency situations to save moms and save babies.”

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