Outline

This simulator is designed to meet teaching requirement for all the basic nursing skills. The joints are flexible for movement, which allow various postures of the simulator.

Skills Gained

· Pupils observation and demonstration

· Face & hair cleaning and care

· Oral care skills training

· Tracheal tube insertion

· Oral and nasal intubation for lavage/gavage

· Oral, nasal, and tracheal suctioning 

· Oxygen inhalation

· Postoperative care of tracheotomy

· Postoperative care of ileostomy and colostomy

· Interchangeable male and female genitalia with lifelike look and feel – soft male genitalia can be lifted to 60 degrees (to the abdominal wall). Durable material allows tearing and stretching, and can be repeatedly used. Realistic female genitalia, labium minus can be split to show clitoris, urethral orifice, and vaginal orifice

· Various positions; easy to move; care of corpse

· Local care: hand & foot, perineum

· Holistic nursing care: sponge bath, change of clothes, cold and heat therapy

Features

1)  Flexible joints allow different positions

2)  The Manikin’s articulations Include:

Trunk – rotation (forward & backward), flexion and extension

Neck —rotation (forward & backward), flexion and extension

Shoulder – abduction, adduction, rotation (medial & lateral), flexion and extension

Elbow — rotation (medial & lateral), flexion and extension

Wrist —flexion and extension, abduction, adduction, rotation (medial & lateral)

Hip — abduction, adduction, rotation (medial & lateral), flexion and extension

Knee —flexion and extension, rotation (medial & lateral)

Ankle —dorsiflexion, plantar flexion, abduction, adduction, rotation (medial & lateral)