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Don't buy anything until you have actually used it and are happy with it, TraumaMan may be approved for ATLS but I , personally at least, find it to be totally unsatifactory and it is extremely expensive. Plus it is more of a rental than a one time purpose

R Wigle MD

--- On Tue, 8/5/08, Jeffrey Hammond <hammond at umdnj.edu> wrote:

> From: Jeffrey Hammond <hammond at umdnj.edu>
> Subject: Re: Trauma simulation manikins
> To: "Trauma & Critical Care mailing list" <trauma-list at trauma.org>
> Date: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 5:07 PM
> <div id=yiv337675244>TraumaMan is the only mannikin
> approved for ATLS courses so would be your best bet for that
> use. SimMan by Laerdal is a good all purpose mannikin for
> critical care, airway or team training. While not as
> sophisticated as the METI patient simulator, which has huge
> capabilities, it is far cheaper.
> <br> <br>Jeffrey Hammond MD,
> MPH<br>New Brunswick, NJ<br><br>-----
> Original Message -----<br>From: "Socransky, Dr.
> S.J." <ssocransky at hrsrh.on.ca><br>Date:
> Tuesday, August 5, 2008 2:11 pm<br>Subject: Trauma
> simulation manikins<br>To:
> trauma-list at trauma.org<br><br>>
> Gang,<br>> <br>> I'm wondering if
> someone on the list could provide me with <br>>
> advice regarding trauma simulation manikins.  Are there
> any <br>> models you prefer?  We're
> looking at the purchase of <br>> mannikins for
> general use, but in particular for advanced ariway
> <br>> and chest tubes.<br>> <br>>
> Thanks very much,<br>> <br>>
> Steve<br>> <br>> Steve Socransky, MD,
> FRCPC, ABEM, CEUS<br>> Medical Director - Trauma
> Services - HRSRH <br>> Emergency Physician -
> HRSRH<br>> Assistant Professor of Emergency
> Medicine<br>> Northern Ontario School of
> Medicine<br>> 700 Paris St.<br>> St.
> Joseph's Site<br>> Hôpital regional de Sudbury
> Regional Hospital<br>> Sudbury, ON<br>>
> P3E 3B5<br>> Phone: 705-674-3181, ext.
> 1034<br>> Fax: 705-671-7367<br>> Email:
> ssocransky at hrsrh.on.ca<br>> <br>>
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