Eco-friendly showers aim to lower energy and water consumption by generating smaller droplets than those produced traditional systems. To evaluate the risk of users inhaling contaminants associated with such droplets—namely, chemical components or opportunistic bacterial pathogens as Legionella—we modeled behavior aerosolized water-atomization technology at a flow rate 2.2 L/min compared result...

We present here a new simulator for visceral needle puncture training in interventional radiology. This is the result of a close collaboration between different universities, involving computer scientists, clinicians and clinical engineers. Together, we address the need of segmentation, physically-based modelling, haptics rendering, pseudo-ultrasound generation and the conception of a mannequin...

BACKGROUND Adequate ventilation is the key to successful neonatal resuscitation. Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) is initiated with manual ventilation devices via face masks. These devices may be used with a manometer to measure airway pressures delivered. The expiratory tidal volume measured at the mask (V(TE(mask))) is a good estimate of the tidal volume delivered during simulated neonatal...

OBJECTIVE To compare three devices for manual neonatal ventilation. DESIGN Participants performed a two minute period of ventilation using a self inflating device, an anaesthesia bag with attached manometer, and a Neopuff device. An intubated neonatal mannequin, approximating a 1 kg infant with functional lungs, was used for the study. Target ventilation variables included a rate of 40 breath...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether advanced life support (ALS)-level prehospital providers can be taught to effectively use the Flex-Guide (FG) Endotracheal Tube (ETT) introducer in a difficult airway model by comparing success of styleted ETT intubation with Flex-Guide-assisted intubation. METHODS Intermediate and advanced providers, who brought patients to a Level 1 emergency department, were ...