Emergency

Coastal Simulation Program at Lions Gate Hospital

LGH offers a Simulation Program with staffing expertise and a wide range of innovative equipment to support patient care improvements across all professional groups and within patient care teams.

How to access

  • Check eligibility

    Physicians, nurses and allied health professionals who provide clinical education at LGH as well as the rural and remote communities within the Coastal Community of Care.

  • Contact us

    We offer training for simulation facilitators.  The benefits of becoming a facilitator include:

    • developing a foundational knowledge of simulation-based learning strategies;
    • identifying elements of effective teamwork and incorporate those elements into simulation-based learning objectives;
    • learning the foundations of debriefing skills;
    • planning and developing a simulation scenario; and
    • facilitating a simulation scenario.

    Contact us about course offerings.

Hours of operation

Currently open

We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Visiting hours may vary depending on the unit. Please call the Lions Gate Hospital main line at (604) 988-3131 to determine visiting times before your visit.

Emergency department wait times

Parking & transportation

Lions Gate Hospital is located on 231 East 15th Street in North Vancouver.

​Paid visitor parking is available in the hospital parkade on 15th Street, east of St. Georges Avenue.

For detailed information regarding parking, public transit and wheelchair accessibility, please review the LGH Patient & Family Handbook.

Download parking rates for VCH facilities.

Emergency department patient drop off area

There is a dedicated five-minute patient drop-off area located in front of the emergency department accessible by St Georges Ave.

Electric vehicle charging

Designated electric vehicle charging stations are available for patients and visitors. Charging is available for up to 4 hours at Level 2 stations and up to 1 hour at Level 3 stations. Please review our electric vehicle charging station etiquette for more information.

Electric vehicle charging stations at Lions Gate Hospital:

EV Charger Type Parking Stall Number
Level 1 Charger Hope Centre 676-677, 736-737
Level 2 Charger P1 91-93
P2 343-344, 367-372
Level 3 Charger P1 94-95
P2 345-346

The benefits of simulation

Improve communication and care processes within care teams 

  • It's an opportunity for interdisciplinary care teams to practice unusual and complex scenarios so they are better prepared for these events, gain clarity on roles, and practice specific skills to improve patient care processes and outcomes (e.g. mock codes, anaphylactic reactions)

Improve clinical skills within professional/student groups

  • Professionals and students can practice skills before trying them on patients and improve on existing skills.

Support risk assessment/management

  • Teams can run simulations and debrief specific adverse events to identify areas for improvement for future events (risk management and mitigation).

Potential to support rural and remote care

  • It's an opportunity to support care in rural and remote communities, to support professionals and student learning, and to improve care in those environments.

Research new care and technologies

  • Care teams can use the simulation environment and/or equipment to test new equipment or care processes before introducing them into the clinical environment.

Simulation-based courses we support

  • ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
  • PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support
  • NRP – Neonatal Resuscitation Program
  • MoreOB – Managing Obstetric Risk Efficiently
  • STRUC – Simulation Trauma Resuscitation Update Course
  • Mock code blues
  • In-situ simulations on units: Pediatrics, Emergency, ICU, PAR, and OR.

Scenario resources for facilitators

Lions Gate Hospital (LGH)

​Lions Gate Hospital (LGH) provides a full range of general and many specialized acute care services, including general medicine, emergency and critical care, general surgery, orthopedics, maternity, pediatrics, psychiatry, chemotherapy, cardiac care, diagnostics, nuclear medicine, palliative care, rehabilitative services and neurosurgery.

Simulation Centres

Simulation Centres utilize simulation to support learning and skill development (from clinical to communication and teamwork skills and process development) for all staff in the health-care field.