Thanks to a donation from the R.W. Considine Foundation, the
Lake Superior State University nursing students are going to have some state-of-the-art equipment to help teach them the ins and outs of their profession.
A $400,000 donation will be used to buy five high-fidelity mannequins, part of a proposed new nursing simulation center that will be located in downtown Sault Ste. Marie. The center will be used to train not only students, but War Memorial Hospital Staff, healthcare professional and first responders as well.
The mannequins, manufactured by Laerdal Medical of Norway, are pretty high-tech, responding to care provided by those being educated the same way human patients would.
The proposed simulation laboratory would feature the latest technology, with computer-controlled, wireless mannequins that can give feedback to those being trained, just as a patient would in real situations. These mannequins can do many things that humans can do, including bleed, blink, cry, and even deliver a baby.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Lake Superior State University
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