Simulab Corporation is a medical simulation company that specializes in soft tissue task trainers, mostly in surgical simulation. The Seattle-based company’s most notable product is a surgery simulator called TraumaMan, which was first developed in 2001 for use in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) education programs, but is now used worldwide.
Simulab focuses on the creation of realistic human anatomy with easy to setup and teardown training tools. The company works closely with lead medical educators to develop their vast array of healthcare simulation task trainers. Through realistic medical simulators, Simulab is able to immerse learners into simulated experiences that are almost human.
TraumaMan is a flexible skills trainer manikin for education of six different procedures, such as: Cricothyroidotomy and Chest Tube Insertion. Since the release, TraumaMan has also become widely used in military courses, EMS education, and other trauma surgery simulations. More than 35,000 clinicians in almost 40 countries use TraumaMan each year to train on advanced surgical skills.
The TraumaMan medical trainer is for Chest Tube Insertion, Cricothyroidotomy, Needle Decompression; Pneumothorax, Tracheostomy, Pericardiocentesis, Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage or Diagnostic Peritoneal Aspiration (DPA), IV Cutdown and more.
Below is a video of TraumaMan produced by HealthySim:
In addition to TraumaMan, Simulab also offers a complete line of task trainers that offer medical education programs realistic, durable and affordable tools for highly effective clinical simulation based education. This includes central line trainers like CentraLineMan and VascularAccessChild, partial task trainers like the Lumbar Puncture Trainer the Paracentesis Model, an array of laparoscopic trainers, and various tools to improve suturing and knot tying skills.
The TraumaMan Surgical Abdomen Team Training System offers a solution in the area of team education. This system allows users to transform the existing TraumaMan System’s abdominal area into a abdominal surgical site which has the ability to pump blood yet is flexible enough to be used for a number of open and laparoscopic surgical scenarios. Surgical teams can work to improve technical and task-related skills alongside critical communication and teamwork skills.
Team education examples with this solution may include: renal or aortic injury, emergency surgery management, preparation for a catastrophic surgical event, and the capacity to build confidence and reliability in an individual role in a team. TraumaMan Surgical Abdomen Team Training System is powered by Simulab’s new blood circulation system. This system allows learners to be able to assess and control blood loss with suction which is controlled via a remote.
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Simulab has also developed a pediatric surgical simulator called TraumaChild and ultrasound responsive models with SonoMan and SonoMom. Another trainer on offer is: PacerMan, for high-fidelity immersive transvenous pacing simulated education.
HealthySim Video Series on Simulab:
- Introduction to Simulab – Meet the company’s COO Doug Beghile and hear from top clinical educators about why Simulab is the company to work with.
- Simulab Launches World’s First Transvenous Pacing Simulator – This IMSH 2017 Video Interview showcases the latest innovative high-fidelity transvenous pacing simulator from Simulab!
- LSU Hospital OR Ex-Lap In Situ Using TraumaMan – Watch a surgical team repair a nicked aorta and insert a chest tube in an in situ medical simulation OR scenario!
- One TraumaMan trains 200 healthcare professionals a month – Learn how Simulab products can train cost effectively through efficient skin changes for technical staff at the accredited Northshore University simulation center!
- CentraLineMan Proven to Reduce Infections & Hospital Costs – Learn how the CentraLineMan was successfully used in this Feinberg School of Medicine research project for better residency performance outcomes.
- TraumaMan Product Breakdown – Learn about the features of TraumaMan and the new surgical abdomen addon. Watch real time procedure cuts and see firsthand the realism of Simulab skins.
- CentraLineMan Product Breakdown – Watch the features of the CentraLineMan in “first-cut” experiences to witness the realism of Simulab skins and training procedures.
- Medical Training Magazine Interviews President of Simulab Doug Beighle Regarding Simulation & Patient Safety Industries
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CentraLineMan Pro
CentralLineMan Pro is an ultrasound compatible version of the CentraLineMan System. The skills trainer includes technology that is able to purge the vessels of air bubbles and also fills ultrasound-able tissue with fluid at the commencement of each procedure. CentraLineMan Pro System, is a part of Simulab’s ultrasound vascular access product collection. CentralLineMan Pro is a soft tissue education system to upskill in blind or ultrasound-guided vascular access at the Internal Jugular Vein or Subclavian Vein with the Subclavian or Supraclavicular approaches.
The CentralLineMan Pro comes in light, medium and dark skin tones. Other features of this skills trainer manikin include adjustable venous pressure and adjustable arterial BPM. The palpable anatomy includes: upper torso and articulating head, clavicle, trachea, sternocleidomastoid muscle and lateral border of the first rib. Ultrasoundable Anatomy includes: internal jugular vein, subclavian vein, sternocleidomastoid muscle and lung. This manikin system also comes in a pediatric version: VascularAccessChild Training System.
TraumaChild the Pediatric Surgical Simulator
Simulab’s TraumaChild Pediatric Surgical Simulator is designed to advance pediatric trauma surgical skill education. TraumaChild is a high-fidelity soft tissue simulator created with all the best features of TraumaMan is similar yet with a pediatric focus. Simulab has used more than 15 years of worldwide experience, customer feedback, and manufacturing advancements to bring TraumaChild to life. TraumaChild is a simulated five-year-old manikin that can breathe, bleed and also has bleeding tissue which is replaceable for a first cut experience.
PacerMan System for Transvenous Pacing Education
Simulab’s PacerMan System is a high-fidelity simulator for immersive education of transvenous pacing. The PacerMan manikin is able to be utilized from needle insertion to electrical capture with use of clinical equipment. PacerMan enables clinicians to practice the entire transverse pacing procedure. This includes identification of intrinsic bradycardias, assessment of intracardiac waveforms and manipulation of output and rate with a pacing generator.
Simulab’s patented SimuSensor technology powers PacerMan and replicates a true clinical picture with the allowance of the learner to use the pacing generator to realistically trigger patient responses on the simulated patient monitor. PacerMan can be put onto instructor mode, with specific chosen scenario parameters or the randomized student mode.
Other Products Available from Simulab
Other popular products by Simulab include: arthrocentesis education package, basic open surgical skills (BOSS), student tissue package, (Sutures) epidural trainer, surgical procedure add ons, FemoraLineMan and TraumaChild Pediatric Surgical Simulator. Other highly regarded products by Simulab include: Intraosseous (IO) insertion trainers for adult and pediatrics, femoral line systems, (FemoralLineMan system) SimuCric Surgical Airway Training Simulator and SonoMan Diagnostic Ultrasound Simulator. Simulab has a number of skills trainers, manikins and replacement pieces which are incredibly versatile and useful to most clinical simulation programs.
