A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery

Willem van Meurs, PhDINEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Porto, Portugal)

Ciência 2007Lisbon, Portugal, April 12-13, 2007

A simulator for training critical incidents in anesthesia and intensive care

A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery? Incidents.

4th Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirth and Death in Infancy: Half of intrapartum deaths associated with suboptimal care likely to have contributed to outcome: About 260/y in the UK

Morbidity: Brain damage! Maternal mortality and morbidity Legal pressures

A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery? Existing technology.

Anatomy? Physiology?

A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery!

Training program consisting of 15 norm scenarios

Software containing a model-driven simulation engine generating maternal and fetal vital signs

Mannequin technology developed with industry

A unique scoring model

A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery!

2003: Project started 2006: Demonstration to potential industrial partners 2007: Industrial contract 2009: Commercialization

(Inter)national collaborations

Faculdade de Medicina, UP.

• Medical Education Technologies, Inc., Sarasota, FL, USA.

• Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

• University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA.

A simulator for training critical incidents in labor and delivery

Willem van Meurs, PhDINEB - Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica (Porto, Portugal)

wvanmeurs@ineb.up.pt

Ciência 2007Lisbon, Portugal, April 12-13, 2007