What kind of fluids are you using for urine simulation on your 3G/Essential? Are you using plain distilled water, or do you add any kind of colourant?

We are using distilled water with a tiny amount of red and yellow food coloring.  Once in a great while we will throw a drop of ammonia in to give it a good little smell too, that requires a lot of flushing afterwords though.

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Patrick S. Underwood
BS CCEMT-P NREMT-P
Simulation Coordinator
Southern Maine Community College
South Portland, ME 04106
(207)741-5604

We only use distilled water and diluted blood concentrate, as recommended by Laerdal.  

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Lori Nelson
Simulation Technician
Rural Health Sciences Institute
College of the Siskiyous
www.lnelson@siskiyous.edu