Augusta, GA -- A high-tech training program at MCG is helping train nursing, medical and dental students.

In one scenario, a robotic patient, Mr. Smith, is a long-time smoking, beer-drinking truck driver with a history of heart problems. But, he's in big trouble now, a day after surgery, complaining of chest pains. He's programmed in such a way that he responds physiologically. Winston doesn't appear to be getting in on the action, but he says his documentation is crucial for the team.

Winston Way, medical student at MCG: "You need to know who's involved and what's going on with the patient and someone has to document everything going on. It's for the patient's safety and for the safety of the team."

Lauren Geeter, medical student at MCG: "I kinda broke a sweat, but it's good 'cause you have to get on the bed and really feel and push hard, 'cause if you do CPR on a person, they have ribs and stuff that can break, and you've gotta keep pushing. So, it's good to do this and get the experience."

And, this kind of experience really helped prepare one recent graduate: she was working in the burn unit at Doctors Hospital when patients were airlifted in from the sugar refinery explosion in Savannah. She told her former professors, it was vaguely familiar...she kept her cool because she had been through uncertain emergency situations in drills at the simulation lab.