Vivian from Lifecast Body Sim makes a guest appearance at Cedar Sinai Hospital

The simulation looks very real, but it isn't. It's how medical professionals train in order to prepare to face those situations in real life.

"This is an incredibly realistic environment — and that's what we do," said Russell Metcalf-Smith Associate Director, Simulation Center. "We bring healthcare providers into environments that look identical to where they work every single day. So we can simulate everything from heart surgery to cardiac arrests to newborn deliveries."

During the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve had the busiest two months in the past two years with up to 5,000 medical professionals coming to train in new safe ways to treat patients, roughly twice as many staff than in normal times. 

They’re even learning how to social distance in a hospital setting while treating patients.