Development of a patient simulator for teaching and evaluation of the basic cardio-pulmonary reanimation protocol

Author

Villagómez, C. ; Suarez, F. ; Gómez, S. ; Dávila, A. ; Vega-Gonzalez, A. ; Gómez-González, J.

Author_Institution

Lab. de Ing. Biomed., UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

fYear

2011

fDate

Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011

Firstpage

4159

Lastpage

4162

Abstract

Providing appropriate cardio-pulmonary reanimation after cardio-pulmonary arrest is paramount for survival. An effective and low-cost approach to learn and practice the cardio-pulmonary reanimation is through a computerized life-size patient simulator. The present work describes the development of a patient simulator for the Centre of Education and Certification of Medical Aptitudes (CECAM) from the UNAM´s Faculty of Medicine. This patient simulator has many new and innovative features, such real-time feedback to the medical student, which improves the whole teaching/learning experience.

Keywords

biomagnetism; biomedical education; biomedical measurement; cardiology; computer animation; feedback; lung; medical computing; medical signal processing; patient treatment; pneumodynamics; basic cardiopulmonary reanimation protocol; cardiopulmonary arrest; computerized life-size patient simulator; real time feedback; teaching; Education; Heart; Mathematical model; Mercury (metals); Physiology; Protocols; Real time systems; cardio-pulmonary reanimation; patient simulator; simulator; Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Clinical Protocols; Heart Arrest; Humans; Patient Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4121-1

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091032

Filename

6091032