Pregnancy simulator trains nurses for the all kinds of deliveries
The medical emergencies are unavoidable, therefore trained staff is the best alternative to meet contingency as and when it’s confronted. While training medics in real-life situations isn’t correct and is dangerous, as an alternative, St. Mary's Hospital in Blue Springs has installed a life-size, anatomically correct pregnant doll or a pregnancy simulator if you will, to train nurses against the complication faced inside a real delivery room.
The patient Novel (doll) has been programmed to deliver a baby named Hal. The simulation exercise gets nurses trying to save the baby Hal, who is in distress. Hal is programmed to simulate any kind of birthing crisis, which trains nurses for all kinds of situations while the simulation also focuses on helping the mother in distress making the entire pregnancy simulation as lifelike as possible.
Describing the ease and proficiency of the simulator, simulation trainer Dianne Schaefer said:
No one's getting hurt here. We can do 10 deliveries a day here with (the doll) and she won't get tired. No matter how many times we intubate Hal, he's going to be OK. So we can practice all those things that are very intrusive to people in real world -- we can just do that over and over again.
Via: KMBC
