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Live Science
Medical schools have historically used human cadavers to train students in anatomy and medical procedures, a tradition that dates back hundreds of years. However, a unique type of medical model provides a remarkably human alternative to working with preserved corpses. SynDaver synthetic humans are anatomically accurate medical models fabricated by the company SynDaver Labs.
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The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice via Medical Xpress
With the U.S. population aging rapidly, more resources are being dedicated to understanding how doctors make decisions while caring for critically ill, older patients at the end of their lives. If faced with an elderly, critically ill patient who has expressed the wish not to be intubated, for example, which factors affect the doctor's decision about whether to abide by the patient's preference? In a study recently published in Medical Decision Making, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the University of Pittsburgh used a simulated patient encounter describing a man in his late 70's with metastatic cancer and worsening vital signs to study the decision-making process of 73 hospital-based physicians at three major academic mental centers.
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Anesthesiology News
A virtual reality simulator may be more effective than conventional teaching methods in improving performance of fiber-optic bronchoscopy-guided intubation in patients under general anesthesia. According to a recent study, post-training performance of FOB-guided intubation, as measured by intubation time and Global Rating Scale, improved in operators who received 60 minutes of virtual reality training, whereas intubation performance was unchanged in the control group.
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Live Science
It's not often that a sentiment expressed in a tattoo would influence a person's medical care, but that's what happened to a man in Florida who had the words "do not resuscitate" tattooed across his chest.
The 70-year-old man arrived at the hospital unconscious with an elevated blood alcohol level, according to a recent report of the case. He had a history of several chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and an irregular heartbeat.
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Macquarie University via Medical Xpress
An international study, led by researchers at Macquarie University, has developed a new computer model that can predict the status of certain health characteristics just by analysing a person's face, and reports that our brains work in much the same way. "We have developed a computer model that can determine information about a person's health simply by analyzing their face, supporting the idea that the face contains valid, perceptible cues to physiological health," said study author Dr Ian Stephen from Macquarie University.
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Scott E. Rupp
Dr. Anna Konopka, an 84-year-old doctor from rural New London, New Hampshire, is facing a heartbreaking situation in a changed world. Konopka voluntarily surrendered her medical license in October after the state medical board threatened to suspend it. The reason: She's a throwback to a bygone era.
StatNews reports that Konopka "works alone in a cottage next door to her house, with no receptionist, no practice administrator, no nurses, no N.P.s, no P.A.s, no hospital affiliations. She has a computer in her kitchen, but she doesn’t use it much. She keeps her files in a cabinet in her office, page upon handwritten page of careful, old-world lettering. She does not take insurance, instead charging patients $50 cash for each office visit."
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Duluth News Tribune
Kacie McMillan, her hands joined, presses steadily and firmly into the man's chest.
The hospital patient has gone into cardiac arrest, and it's McMillan's job to mimic the heart's operation, pumping oxygen-rich blood through his body and sustaining his life.
She's getting constant encouragement and advice from a somewhat metallic-sounding female voice.
"Just a little faster."
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New Sentinel Town™ is a rural community simulation inspired by the award-winning Sentinel City®. Designed by nurse educators, it provides students with simulated clinical hours and practice experience through completion of various assignments using the rural environment. This simulation comes with multiple complete assignments with AACN Essentials mapping and grading rubrics, as well as additional faculty resources.
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“Simulation made easy…” , our goal is to make your training more effective, expanding the range of your training , not your training complications. We have been helping medical and emergency service educators deliver better training outcomes with their students and staff for over 50 years- SIMULAIDS: “Training for Life.”
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Nicole Vienneau
Nurses are tasked with lifesaving, life-giving and life-sucking opportunities.
All of our nursing actions take a toll on our energy levels — some give energy and some take it. It is entirely important for nurses (and for everyone) to incorporate replenishing and rejuvenating actions throughout the day to stay healthy for our patients, for ourselves and for our families. Here are some tips to build your resiliency and improve your ability to be present, all while feeling alive and energized.
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Los Angeles Times
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have developed a variety of origami-inspired artificial muscles that can lift up to a thousand times their own weight — and yet be dexterous enough to grip and raise a delicate flower.
The devices, described in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, offer a new way to give soft robots superstrength, which could be used everywhere from inside our bodies to outer space.
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University of Boulder Today
The day is coming when doctors-in-training can perfect certain medical practices on a robotic small intestine and test medical treatments on a human-made device vs. animals. Mechanical engineering associate professor Mark Rentschler is leading the effort to develop an artificial, robotic small intestine for use in medical laboratories. The research is supported by a $1.25 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
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University of Wisconsin, Madison via Medical Xpress
Anyone with normal vision knows that a ball that seems to quickly be growing larger is probably going to hit them on the nose. But strap them into a virtual reality headset, and they still may need to take a few lumps before they pay attention to the visual cues that work so well in the real world, according to a new study from University of Wisconsin, Madison psychologists.
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