Open Skills Lab: Prehospital Bay
Book a skills bay by the hour and work any skill from any course we teach on task trainers and CPR manikins. Self-directed, no instructor.
- Open Lab
Next: Oct 7 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Simulation Labs · Open Skills · Megacode · VR
Simulation Labs for
Rusty Skills.
Hourly skills practice for any course we teach, plus facilitated scenarios for crews and units. Hospital and prehospital rooms, high-fidelity manikins, task trainers and virtual reality at our training center.
Next Lab Times
- VR Training Lab Sample Date
- Open Skills Lab: Prehospital Bay Sample Date
- Hospital Simulation Room Sample Date
Sound Familiar?
The Skills You Use Least Fade First
For many providers, the only time on a manikin comes at renewal. Then the rare call comes in, and the reps were never there.
The Logistical Problem
Nowhere to Practice
High-fidelity manikins and simulation equipment are priced for hospitals and universities. Many agencies and individual providers rarely get time on them outside a testing station.
The Emotional Problem
Will My Hands Remember?
The pediatric airway. The needle decompression. Running the megacode as team lead. Low-frequency skills slip quietly, and you find out on the call or in front of an evaluator.
The Deeper Problem
Patients Are Not Practice
No one should be trying a skill for the first time in a year on someone who needs it done right. Providers deserve a place to make mistakes, debrief and run it again before it counts.
We Understand
We Know How Fast Skills Fade
Every provider dreads the call where a skill they have not touched in a year suddenly matters. Our simulation labs give hospital and prehospital providers a place to walk in, pick up the gear and work that skill until it feels routine again. No card on the line, just reps, and in facilitated sessions, straight feedback from educators who know what the job asks of you.
How It Works
From Booking to Better Hands
Pick Your Lab Session
Choose open practice, a facilitated scenario block, megacode prep, VR scenarios or skills competency prep. Each session page lists what it covers and who it is built for.
Book Your Hours
Reserve a scheduled time by the hour, or request a private block for your crew, unit or class. Pick the prehospital skills bay, the hospital simulation room or the VR lab.
Practice, Debrief, Repeat
Work the skill until it holds up. Facilitated sessions close with a debrief, so you leave knowing what to keep doing and what to fix before the next call.
Lab Sessions
Book Time in the Lab
Hourly practice and facilitated blocks. Pick a session to see open times and reserve your spot.
Hospital Simulation Room
A hospital-style sim room with a high-fidelity manikin, run by our sim tech. Bring your unit or instructor and run your own cases by the hour.
- Open Lab
Next: Oct 7 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
VR Training Lab
Headset time by the hour. Run immersive patient scenarios on your own after a quick setup from our staff. No facilitator or debrief.
- Open Lab
Next: Oct 7 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Private Coached Skills Session
Two hours one-on-one with an educator on the skills you need. Good before a course, a skills exam or a return to the field.
- In Person
Next: Oct 14 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Small-Group Coached Skills Practice
Practice in a group of two to six classmates or crew members and rotate through skill stations with an educator coaching each run.
- In Person
Next: Oct 26 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Megacode Prep Block
Run adult or pediatric emergency cases as team lead with an educator before ACLS or PALS. Practice only, not an AHA course.
- In Person
Next: Oct 13 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
EMT and AEMT Skills Competency Prep Day
A day of coached skill stations for EMT and AEMT candidates. Practice for your skills competency, not the official exam.
- In Person
Next: Oct 31 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
VR Scenario Block
Ninety minutes of immersive VR patient scenarios for a crew of up to four, run by a facilitator with a debrief after every case.
- In Person
Next: Oct 16 · Code Blue Training Center Sample Date
Agency Simulation Block
A private half-day or full-day sim block for your agency or hospital unit, with scenarios built around your objectives and a full debrief.
- In Person
Where You Train
Hands-On Time at Our Training Center
Our Training Center
Every lab room is at our training center. Book open lab hours or a seat in a coached session on your own, or request a private block for your crew or unit.
Best for Providers, crews and hospital units who come to us for hands-on time.
- Book on Your Own
- Coached Sessions
- Private Blocks
Simulation Lab
Run scenarios in hospital and prehospital rooms with manikins, virtual reality and advanced equipment.
Best for Crews who want more reps on high-risk, low-frequency skills.
- Hospital + Field
- Virtual Reality
- Book by the Hour
The Stakes Are Real
Practice Here or Learn on Scene
Without Code Blue Training
Reps Only at Renewal
If the only practice you get is on test day, the rare procedures are rusty when the call finally comes.
Megacode by Surprise
ACLS and PALS testing puts you in team cases on a manikin, and you may be asked to lead one. Leading a code for the first time in front of an evaluator is a hard way to learn the algorithm.
Gear You Cannot Justify
Buying high-fidelity manikins and simulators for a few training days a year rarely makes sense for one agency.
First Attempts on Real Patients
With nowhere to rehearse, the first try at a skill in months happens on someone who needs it done right.
With Code Blue Training
Reps When You Need Them
Book lab time before a shift, a test or a return from leave, and practice exactly the skills you want to sharpen.
Walk Into Testing Ready
Run the algorithms as team lead on a manikin and debrief every case before you face the graded station.
Equipment Without the Overhead
Use our manikins, task trainers and VR setups by the hour, and leave the upkeep, storage and setup to us.
Mistakes Made Here, Not on Scene
Debrief, reset and run the case again until the skill holds up under pressure, with nobody at risk.
Questions
Before You Book Lab Time
Providers and students at every level, from EMR to paramedic, plus nurses, physicians and other hospital staff. Open lab hours cover skills from any course we teach. Book the Open Skills Lab prehospital bay for field skills on task trainers and manikins, or the Hospital Simulation Room for in-hospital scenarios. Each session page lists who it is built for and any prerequisites.
It depends on the session. Open lab time in the skills bay and the VR lab is practice you run yourself. In the Hospital Simulation Room our sim tech runs the manikin while your own instructor runs the cases. Coached skills sessions and the skills competency prep day include an educator who watches and corrects each run. Megacode prep, VR scenario blocks and agency simulation blocks include a facilitator who runs the cases and leads the debrief.
Any skill sheets or course materials you are working from, and clothes you can kneel and move in. Bring your ACLS or PALS reference cards to megacode prep. We supply the manikins, task trainers and VR headsets.
Yes. Agencies, fire departments, hospital units and course coordinators can request a private block for competency days, onboarding or class skills practice. Tell us your group size, the skills or scenarios you want and which room you need, and we will build the block around it.
Lab time is practice. On its own it does not award CE hours, an AHA course completion card, an NAEMT provider card, NREMT certification or a state license, and megacode prep does not replace your AHA skills session. If a session is ever offered as part of an accredited CE course, we will say so where the session is listed.
Yes. Skills competency prep runs practice stations for patient assessment, airway and BVM, bleeding control, splinting and cardiac arrest. EMR and EMT candidates still complete a state-approved skills exam, and your state or program sets its skill sheets, so bring the forms you will be tested on. The NREMT stopped its separate AEMT and Paramedic psychomotor exam after June 30, 2024. Lab practice does not replace your official skills exam.
Open a lab session and select Book Lab Time, or Reserve Spot for a scheduled lab. We hold your time and email you the details. Contact us before the hold ends to pay by card over the phone or an agency purchase order. If no time works for you, request one.
Cancellation and reschedule terms depend on the session type and are shown before you reserve. Contact us as early as you can and we will help you move to another open time.
Simulation Labs · At our training center
Lab Time, on Your Calendar.
Book hourly time in hospital and prehospital sim rooms with manikins, virtual reality and advanced equipment. Practice any skill from any course we teach.