Title :
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
fDate :
Aug. 30 2011-Sept. 3 2011
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC, 2011 Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2011.6091032
