does any body actually use the IO leg option on sim baby?

If you do is it simply a case of filling the leg with blood through the plug hole, and the attaching an empty drainage bag to the tube?

Yes we actually utilize the IO leg when we run our Pediatric Residents through mock codes. And yes, the process that you have described is exactly how we set things up. After we are done, we run sterile water through the leg, until it comes back clear, and then, we flush it out with compressed air until everything is dry.

How many uses can you get out of one IO leg? Thanks.. Kathy J

Do you have any leakage problems from the tubing or seals, or is it just my mannequin?

60mls of blood went in without problems but is now seeping just below the knee!

 

 

I programmed our SimBaby to emulate CHF, and then we experimented with the IO legs to make them appear to have edema.  We injected about 2 cc of KY jelly into the space between the outer skin and the support structure of the leg. 

 We did get seeping of the KY around where the tube comes out behind the knee, so I tried using Elmer's school glue to seal the area around the tubes.

However, after leaving the KY in the leg overnight, we saw some problems with the shaping of the toes, and noticed that the fabric pattern was etched into the surface of the skin, causing some mild deformation.  Bottom line, I don't know why KY causes the problem, but don't use it for edema.

• As far as cleaning the leg, can we pull the skin off of the "bone" (so to speak), clean up the KY, and then reglue the skin back on where it meets the lower knee?  I don't want to leave the KY in it because of the interaction it is having with the latex skin.  I have seen this demonstrated on a SimMan arm when new "veins" were put in and a new arm skin pulled over the structure.
• How will this affect the warranty (not the KY part, but the cleanup part)

 

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Michael Young
Technology Support Specialist
Tarleton State University
Center for Instructional Innovation
Assigned to: College of Science & Technology, Department of Nursing
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Is it possible to create a flexible container strong enough to create the edema effect but flexible enough to fill voids and reuse without a sealant such as glue.  Something like a zip lock bag.  Maybe different contents such as air, thin sponge.

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Rick Williams
www.truecareservices.com