Watch West Palm Beach firefighters burn houses, clear land for Publix

West Palm Beach firefighters used two vacant homes near downtown for live burn exercises June 2. Related Ross donated the ...
BBC

Female CPR manikin to help 'save more women'

A fire service is using a bespoke female CPR manikin to help "reduce hesitation in people delivering emergency care to women". Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service's prevention team hopes the new ...
IEEE

Instrumental Evaluation of Dry Heat Loss of Footwear Under Different Activity Levels

Abstract: An extreme microclimate inside footwear contributes to wear discomfort and performance impairment. A thermal foot manikin system was developed to evaluate the thermal insulation of footwear.
BMJ

The 3:1 is superior to a 15:2 ratio in a newborn manikin model in terms of quality of chest compressions and number of ventilations

1 Division of Newborn Nursing, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA 2 Department of Pediatrics, New York Presbyterain Hospital, New York, New York, USA 3 Department of Pediatrics, ...
The Spokesman-Review

These lifelike patients bleed and cry (but never die)

Debra Barksdale vividly remembers her first nursing school clinical rotation. “It was terrifying,” said Barksdale, who is the president of the American Academy of Nursing. “Your head is full of all ...
newslj

HAL, Gillette College's AI manikin, makes the difference for nursing students

GILLETTE — Wednesday morning, shortly before her students arrived for their assessment, Gwen Reed pulled the plug on her students’ patient. This patient can talk and respond to sight, sound and touch ...
The New York Times

These Lifelike Patients Bleed and Cry (but Never Die)

Medical manikins help health care workers learn how to handle fast-changing and complex scenarios. Medical manikins help health care workers learn how to handle fast-changing and complex scenarios.
Chicago Tribune

Naperville Central student takes on female disparity issue in CPR training

As Naperville Central High School student Ashlynn Goldstein prepared to enter her senior year capstone course, she wanted to focus on gender disparities in the health care industry. The topic was ...