Dummy Run

Not Sure if these will have found their ways into my med-school by September. Meet SimMan 3G and SimBaby. Computer controlled dummies on which medical scenarios can be run using computer cotrol to test how doctors/med students/paramedics would respond in an emergency.

News articles, with videos can be found here (for SimMan) and here (for SimBaby)

SimMan can breath, cough, wheeze, cry and convulse. He also has a measurable pulse and can simulate a heart attack and reactions to drugs.

The idea of this simulation is to prevent errors in real emergency settings, similar to pilots training on flight simulators. I guess it's better to find out your failings treating a dummy rather than a genuine NHS patient!