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SimMan Critical Care

Airway and breathing

  • Configurable airways (including tongue edema, pharyngeal swelling, laryngospasm)

  • Head tilt, jaw thrust and chin lift

  • Spontaneous breathing

  • Chest rise and fall

  • An embedded set of lungs, or Advanced Lung Module (ALM), which allows for actual exhalation.

WARNINGS

  • Do not use additional or supplemental oxygen that would increase O2 concentration above 21% during artificial respiration and ventilation.

  • Do not use any flammable or corrosive gases.

Airway interventions

The airway is anatomically modelled as far as the bronchia and can be manipulated by a learner:

  • Head tilt/Chin lift

  • Jaw thrust with articulated jaw

  • Cricoid pressure and manipulation

  • Simulated suctioning (oral and nasopharyngeal)

NOTE

  • For advanced ventilation training, the Advanced Lung Module (ALM) or ASL 5000 is recommended.

  • If the tongue fallback feature is enabled, head tilt is required to open the airways for mask ventilations.

The following information is automatically registered in the SimMan CC simulation session:

  • Detection of proper head position

  • Jaw thrust

  • Pneumothorax decompression

  • Ventilations

  • Stomach distension