Development and Evaluation of a Three-Dimensional-Printed Pediatric Intraosseous Infusion Simulator To Enhance Medical Training.

emergency medicine and trauma intraosseous infusion simulation in medical education three-dimensional (3d) printing trauma pediatric

Journal

Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Jan 2022
Historique:
accepted: 10 01 2022
entrez: 15 2 2022
pubmed: 16 2 2022
medline: 16 2 2022
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Vascular access is an essential and rate-limiting step during pediatric resuscitation efforts. Intraosseous (IO) access, an effective resuscitative strategy, remains underutilized in emergency departments. Many medical graduates report never performing the procedure before graduation, and it has been recommended that continuing education and in-servicing programs be implemented to increase the use and familiarity of IO access. The goal of this technical report is to describe the development and evaluation of a three-dimensional (3D)-printed Pediatric IO Infusion Model for simulation-based medical education. The simulator was designed by combining open-source models of a human skeleton and a lower leg surface scan in Blender (Blender Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands; www.blender.org), scaled to a pediatric size, and manipulated further using a JavaScript program. Polylactic acid was used to simulate bone while silicone molds were used as skin and soft tissue. Two trainers were produced and evaluated by seven emergency medicine physicians, two family medicine residents, and three medical students. Overall, the simulator was positively received with all participants indicating they would recommend it to assist in the training of others. Suggestions focused on enhancing the anatomical representations of both the skin and bones to enhance the learner experience. The content and outcomes of this report support the use of this simulator as part of simulation-based medical education.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35165544
doi: 10.7759/cureus.21080
pmc: PMC8826949
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

e21080

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022, Wade et al.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Auteurs

Ryan E Wade (RE)

Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, CAN.

Brent McCullum (B)

Emergency Department, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, Moncton, CAN.

Chris Patey (C)

Emergency Medicine, Carbonear General Hospital, Carbonear, CAN.

Adam Dubrowski (A)

Research and Development, Ontario Tech University, Oshawa, CAN.

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