Do you remember “CPR Annie?” Unfortunately, I didn’t have any real-life experience with CPR Annie, but I clearly remember my older sisters coming home from school and talking about how they had to yell, “Breathe, Annie, breathe!” during their CPR training in health class.
These days, people are talking about “SimBaby.” SimBaby provides realistic situations for nursing students.
“The infant is lying on a hospital bed; breathing is shallow and its tiny heart is racing. The nurse steps in to assess the situation and take the appropriate action. A possible real-life scenario, for sure. But in this instance, the “baby” is an electronic mannequin and the “nurse” is a nursing student at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College. The instructor is standing by a monitor to see if the nurse decides on the right intervention.”
Sim Baby is an electronic baby mannequin that simulates real-life medical situations for nursing students. It’s an invaluable training tool for today’s nursing programs, which already have adult patient simulators. Dabney S. Lancaster Community College was, in fact, the first program in Virginia to have the adult version of Sim Baby. Read more about SimBaby in the September issue of @ WDS, the monthly, VCCS Workforce Development e-newsletter.
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