During our 10 a.m. code blue drill, SimMan froze, kept saying “I’m fine” on loop, and the defib pads slid off, so the team pivoted to high-quality compressions while I sprinted for fresh pads and tape — best unplanned lesson in adaptability all week. What’s your funniest sim or skills-lab blooper that turned into a solid teachable moment for your crew?
Had the same with our SimMan who kept “refusing care”; we added a 30-second “equipment timeout” to the prebrief — alcohol wipe the chest, stash spare pads and cloth tape, and slap a Tegaderm over pads if they start peeling. Small caveat: if adhesion still stinks, we swap to AED training pads with stickier gel for that session — do you assign a dedicated runner or fold that into team roles?
We started to “seat-belt the pads” with a quick strip of Coban over the top edge and added Sharpie outlines so re-stick takes five seconds — just don’t cover the gel. When he loops “I’m fine,” we cue an equipment officer to swap pads so compressions never pause. Anyone tried a thin Tegaderm bridge instead of Coban?
the “I’m fine” loop at 10 a.m. is a whole mood. I carry a couple Mastisol ampules; a tiny swipe around (not under) the pad footprint plus a 5-second two-hand press has stopped the mid-code slide for us. @c_evans2020 your Coban trick is gold — small caveat, Mastisol can gunk the manikin skin so spot-test first; anyone tried the stickier EMS training pads?