Improving Simulations in the Post Anesthesia Care Unit BME 273 - Presentation March 22, 2007 Alyssa Z. Cherif
Project Description Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) Hand-offs PACU Simulation Center SimMan www.temple.edu/medicine/education/sims.htm
Project Advisors Dr. Matt Weinger Dr. Dan France Ray Booker Bobby Gibbons
Overall Goal of the Project To allow for the available volume in SimMan’s lungs to be externally controlled and to achieve this in the most efficient and inexpensive manner.
Initial Ideas Valve Weight Balloon
Benefits of the Balloon Relatively simple idea Externally controlled Inexpensive to build Easy to repair
Complications Resealing the lung Securing the rear hole
Current Status Success inside SimMan Search for device Using prototype during simulations