Training Manikins

Medical students and professors alike find it difficult to simulate the real life situations faced in the general clinical practice. There are a limited number of hospitals where students are able to meet with individual patients. These facilities often feature groups of interns going on rounds with an experienced physician in order to learn the skill of auscultation. The solution to this problem lies in the next generation of training manikins created by Cardionics.

This company has developed a series of educational tools that allow instructors to create a realistic environment for medical students, interns, residents and nurses. In addition to a long line of telemedicine tools, Cardionics has created SAM, the Student Auscultation Manikin. This revolutionary training manikin features anatomically correct body sounds and customization options that will challenge young medical professionals learning auscultation.

Realistic Training Manikins

Your use of this training manikin will cover every body sound you need to demonstrate to your students. There are over 60 sounds including 26 heart sounds, 20 lung sounds and 20 bowel sounds that are engaged individually to teach and test auscultation skills. Unlike other manikins, SAM has every body sound located in the correct anatomical position. There are 4 anatomical locations for heart sounds, 8 for breath sounds, 2 for bowel sounds, 1 carotid bruit and a carotid pulse for timing the onset of systole. You can even isolate individual sounds for demonstration purposes..

Thistraining manikin has a variety of other functions that make it a good supplement to patient care. For example, the carotid artery pulses to help students determine the onset of systole, and diminished sounds in the lower lung sound provides an important element of realism. In addition, variable heart rates and sounds to teach Standardized Patients make each experience with this manikin unique.