Simulators and Equipment

High-Fidelity manikins are meant to mimic patient physiology, whether through physical features, such as pulses and chest rise, or through the vitals projected on the patient monitor. These will give real-time feedback to the learner and can be adjusted from the control room.

Laerdal's SimMan 3G manikin can simulate an adolescent to elderly patient, and has the following features:

• Pulses
• Chest rise
• Blinking
• Angioedema
• Trismus
• Cervical spine rigidity
• Bilateral tension pneumothorax
• Intraosseous practice sites
• Convulsions
• CPR compression feedback

Please contact us with any questions, as this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all features.

Laerdal's SimMan 3G+ has the same features as SimMan 3G (above) with more realistic skin appearance, better articulated joints, and the capability to interact with the ASL5000 for respiratory waveform simulation (detailed below).

Laerdal's SimJunior can simulate a juvenile between 7-12 years of age. There are pulses.

Laerdal's SimBaby simulates a 12 month-old with the following features:

• Blinking
• Chest rise
• Movement and extremity tone
• Capillary refill
• Difficult airway
• CPR compression feedback

Please contact us with any questions, as this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all features.

Laerdal's SimNewB simulates a neonate with the following features:

• Chest rise
• Movement and extremity tone
• Difficult airway
• CPR compression feedback

Please contact us with any questions, as this is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all features.

Elevate Healthcare's Lucina labor and delivery simulator focuses on obstetric and women's health. Lucina's scenarios simulate a realistic delivery, postpartum intervention, and complications such as amniotic fluid embolism. Delivery scenarios include a normal delivery, breech birth, and shoulder dystocia simulation. Please reach out with questions about what Lucina can simulate.

All of the high-fidelity simulators have the capability of using a patient monitor, and some have the capability of interfacing with other equipment that enhance the learning environment.

Each of the simulation rooms have a wall-mounted touchscreen that is used to display the patient's real-time vitals. Depending on the simulation scenario, waveforms can be added or removed to display what is appropriate in the intended clinical environment (emergency bay, ICU, operating room, outpatient, etc.) The control room has instantaneous control over the vitals to show the physiological reaction of the patient to the interventions that the learner administers. The monitor can also display radiology images, lab results, and a 12-lead ECG for the learners to interpret.

The SimMan 3G simulator has a series of RFID tags located around the body that the LSUS ultrasound probe can scan and display real patient ultrasound scans on an associated laptop. This device can aid in diagnosis with real-time imaging capability.

The ASL5000 is a device that can interact with SimMan 3G+ and SimBaby to display waveforms on an anesthesia machine, or ventilator. Preprogrammed waveforms, such as COPD or ARDS can be activated from the control room to display on the learners' interface in order to aid in simulation realism and immersion.

These simulators focus on a specific skill and mimic the appropriate patient anatomy for that skill. These do not involve the control room, and are not directly associated with the high-fidelity simulators, though they can be used in conjunction with the high-fidelity simulators to increase the capability of a given case (i.e. bringing a CentraLine Man trainer into the room to have the learners actually perform a central line, where they normally would not be able to on one of the SimMan simulators).

Elevate Healthcare's Vimedix simulator is primarily driven from a laptop in the simulation room, with the options of two different simulators: Bob and Catherine. The learner can choose from different transducer options to scan the simulator and the laptop will display the appropriate ultrasound and/or augmented reality anatomy. The Vimedix simulator is especially useful to display pathological ultrasound images that learners may not normally see during clinical rotations, such as: tamponade, free fluid during FAST exams, or a cleft palate during pregnancy.

Transducer options include:

• Linear
• Curvilinear
• Phased array
• TEE
• Endocavitary

Please contact us with any questions about what can be demonstrated with the Vimedix system.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has 18 adult and one pediatric airway management trainers that can be used to practice nasal canula, face mask, and non-rebreather placement, bag-valve-mask usage, supraglottic airway placement, and advanced airway placement.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has six venipuncture trainers used for IV placement.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has two arterial line trainers.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has four CentraLine Man and four FemoraLine Man simulators, which are ultrasound-capable facsimiles of the neck and groin anatomy that a Central Venous Catheter (CVC) may be placed into. These trainers are especially useful to practice needle tracking and become acquainted with the contents of the CVC kits.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has eight lumbar puncture trainers, useful for practicing the procedure that would collect cerebrospinal fluid for testing.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has two arthrocentesis trainers, two paracentesis trainers, and two thoracentesis trainers that are ultrasound capable.

The Behling Human Simulation Center has a number of ultrasound devices to use on the above-listed task trainers. The devices can be found on our page dedicated to ultrasound education.

Please contact us if you do not see a trainer that you may be looking for. We have created suture pads, dermatology biopsy pads, and ultrasound trainers in the past.