An operating room at SimVET Courtesy: SimVETInside a sprawling $43 million Veterans Affairs facility equipped with operating rooms, intensive care units and an outpatient clinic, there are no patients.
The SimVET facility in Orlando, Florida Courtesy: SimVETThe Veterans Health Administration services 9 million veterans in 172 medical centers across the U.S. Each medical center has a simulation program, and some have a dedicated space on site.
"We have two fully staffed operating rooms, all the equipment you would normally use: lights, booms, real anesthesia machines.
A mannequin at the SimVET facility Courtesy: SimVETBeyond its unusual patients, SimVET is home to many familiar-looking health-care scenes.
Fluorescent lights line a long hallway full of exam rooms, and operating rooms stuffed with machinery look like they were plucked straight from a nearby hospital.
Persons:
it's, Scott Wiltz, SimVET, Wiltz, SimVET Wiltz, Amanda Borchers, Borchers
Organizations:
Veterans Affairs, Orlando International Airport, National Center, CNBC, Veterans Health Administration, U.S, Research Network, SimVET, Medical
Locations:
Florida, SimVET, Orlando , Florida, Orlando, Lexington, Kentucky