| abstract |
An interactive neonatal resuscitation training simulator and method employing an infant android of life-like appearance and response. The android has an intelligent, interactive control mechanism which: simulates a condition within the android corresponding to a human condition requiring resuscitation; detects and evaluates resuscitation activity on the android by a trainee employing the simulator; and adjusts the android's simulated condition in response to the trainee's resuscitation effort. The adjustment made by the intelligent, interactive control mechanism mimics a predetermined human reaction to a resuscitation effort such as that made by the trainee. The simulator also includes a neonatal workstation and a virtual reality environment enclosure. In appearance, the workstation is an approximate replication of an actual resuscitation workstation typically found in a hospital delivery room. The virtual reality enclosure audiovisually simulates a working environment of a typical delivery room during an actual neonatal resuscitation process. The simulator and method provide a trainee with "real-life" clinical experience in neonatal resuscitation. |