Human thermal modulations are becoming a popular subject when concepts such as, safety and comfort are indispensables in workplaces design. The computational fluid dynamic software have been used and they have been assuming a greater impact in this field due to their higher accuracy. Also, CFD studies can provide detailed information about thermal comfort variables near a human computational ma...

In medical education, human patient simulators, or manikins, are a well established method of teaching medical skills. The current state of the art manikins are limited in their functions by a fixed number of in-built hardware devices, such as pressure sensors and motor actuators that control the manikin behaviors and responses. In this work, we review several research projects, where applied t...

Aim: Evaluate the impact of difficult airway traning on Korean paramedic students' performance during manikin-based airway management simulations. Methods: 40 Korean paramedic students with previous training in airway management and endotracheal intubation were randomly assigned to an intervention or control group. Students in the intervention group completed 16 additional hours of training usi...

The first standards based on thermal manikin measurements were developed in the1980s. In the Nordic countries tests for thermal insulation measurements of sleepingbags and cold protective clothing were developed. Similar standards were publishedin Germany by DIN and in the US by ASTM. At a European level, EN 342describes test methods and requirements for cold protective clothing...

BACKGROUND Supraglottic devices are helpful for inexperienced providers who perform ventilation in emergency situations. Most supraglottic devices do not allow secondary tracheal intubation through the device. The novel intubating laryngeal tube (iLTS-D) and the intubating laryngeal mask (Fastrach) are devices that offer supraglottic ventilation and secondary tracheal intubation. METHODS We e...

BACKGROUND Gaining proficiency with various airway management tools is an important goal for anesthesiology training. Indirect video laryngoscopes facilitate tracheal intubation in adults, but it is not clear whether these findings translate to children. This study evaluates the total time to successful intubation when performed by anesthesiology trainees using GlideScope Cobalt® video laryngos...

UNLABELLED The aim of this study was to assess the performance of the ETView VivaSight SL (ETView) single-lumen airway tube with an integrated high-resolution imaging camera in a manikin-simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation scenario with and without chest compression. This was a randomized crossover manikin trial. Following a brief training session, 107 volunteer novice physicians who were i...