Novel emergency medicine simulation addressing high risk scenarios with fire first responders

Introduction: Simulation has been shown to improve resident understanding of high-risk scenarios, especially with topics that are not covered in graduate medical education. Simulation training in healthprofessionals education is associated with positive effects on knowledge, skills, behaviors, and patient outcomes. This novel interprofessional simulation with paramedic trained firefighters and emergency medicine (EM) residents was created on the belief that physician residents would benefit from a better understanding of the pre-hospital identification, assessment, and treatment of trauma and fire-related patients.