Nasco Life/formŽ Blood Pressure Simulator
Nasco Life/formŽ Blood Pressure Simulator Description:
A simulator for teaching physical assessment, this Blood Pressure Simulator helps resolve the uncertainties common in teaching students to take blood pressure.
This simulator provides an excellent means to practice listening to and distinguishing blood pressure sounds prior to actual clinical experience. It is possible to audibly discern the five Korotkoff phases. Many times when working with a live subject, pressures are difficult to auscultate, making accurate evaluation of student proficiency almost impossible, and undermining the student's self-confidence.
With this realistic unit, the student can find the preset results and the instructor can unfailingly know if the student has performed the procedure accurately. The electronically generated sounds are digitally recorded from MEDCOM/TRAINEX videotapes. Any combination of systolic and diastolic pressures can be dialed into the control unit, and the instructor can control the pulse rate and volume level. An auscultatory gap can be added if desired.
Features:
- Redesigned and durable control unit
- Simple calibration procedure
- Palpable radial pulse
- Optional external speakers
- Preset values for systolic and diastolic pressures.
Specifications:
The control unit allows the instructor to:
- Select systolic and diastolic settings
- Adjust pulse rate
- Adjust volume
- Turn ausculatory gap on or off
- Easily calibrate unit for use with any sphygmomanometer
The simulator allows students to:
- Use normal procedure to place cuff on arm
- Check palpable pulse at the radial site
- Pump cuff
- Pressures are activated at release valve
- Read pressures on sphygmomanometer
- Auscultate Korotkoff sounds with any stethoscope through a speaker in the arm
More Info:
Deluxe Blood Pressure Simulator with Speaker System
The ideal way to broadcast blood pressure sounds to an entire classroom. The instructor can instantly change Korotkoff phases to compare audible differences, vary pulse rate and volume,
control systolic and diastolic pressures, and demonstrate the phenomenon of auscultatory gap. In addition to group presentations, the arm is included for individual practice. Includes Blood Pressure Simulator and an amplifier/speaker system.
Blood Pressure Simulator
Includes the Life/formŽ Arm Replica with embedded speaker, sphygmomanometer, electronic control unit (six "AA" batteries included), an instruction booklet, and a hard carrying case. The simulator does not include a stethoscope.