Meet Our Simulation Family

Patient Name: Hal
DOB: Adult Male
Diagnoses: Programmable vital signs, pulses, heart rhythm, lung sounds, breathing patterns, and pupil responses enable simulation of a diverse array of medical diagnoses (e.g., chest pain, apnea, airway obstruction, cardiac arrest, allergic response, drug overdose)
Potential Nursing Interventions: Physical assessment, basic skills (e.g., catheterization, IV insertion, pulse oximetry), medication administration (all routes), emergency response (e.g., CPR, intubation, defibrillation)

Patient Name: Susie
DOB: Adult female
Assessment Findings: Susie can be programmed to exhibit a vast array of normal and abnormal physical findings (e.g., eupnea, tachypnea, seizures, normal sinus rhythm, asystole, ventricular tachycardia, distended bladder, absent bowel sounds, diminished pulses, hyperglycemia, fixed pupils)
Potential Nursing Interventions: Physical assessment, including breast and gynecologic examination; basic skills (e.g., catheterization, IV insertion, accuchecks, nasogastric tube insertion), medication administration (all routes), emergency response (e.g., CPR, intubation, defibrillation)

Patient Name: PediHal
DOB: 5 year old child
Clinical Scenarios: Drowning, Epilglottitis, Foreign body aspiration, Asthma, Poisoning, Status Epilepticus, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Fire victim, Diabetic ketoacidosis

Patient Name: Nursing Anne
DOB: 6 Adults
Race: Hispanic, Black, Caucasian
Skill Development Opportunities:

• Irrigation of the eye and ear (simulated)
• Application/instillation of medications in the eye, ear and nose including nasal packing
• Mouth and denture care procedures
• Insertion and suctioning of oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal airways
• Care of endotracheal tubes
• Tracheostomy care and tracheal suctioning
• Various oxygen delivery procedures
• NG tube insertion, care, medication administration, and removal
• Gastric lavage and gavage
• Nasoenteric and esophageal tube insertion, care, and removal
• Deltoid, dorsogluteal, and vastus lateralis IM injections possible
• Patient transfers
• Full range of motion for realistic patient handling
• Colostomy, ileostomy and suprapubic cystotomy care
• Wound management