Abstract
This article describes an inexpensive simulator developed for teaching intrauterine
blood transfusion. The model is constructed from a boneless chicken thigh folded over
a Penrose drain placed in a water-filled snap-lock lid container and covered by melted
ballistic gel to simulate the fetal intrahepatic vessel. Participants valued this
educational tool and reported feeling the model was practical and realistic. This
low-cost, high-fidelity model provides realistic tissue resistance and represents
a sonographically accurate intrahepatic fetal blood transfusion training tool.
Résumé
Cet article décrit un simulateur peu coûteux mis au point pour enseigner la transfusion
sanguine in utero. Le modèle est fabriqué à partir d’une cuisse de poulet désossée
repliée sur un drain de Penrose, le tout placé dans un contenant rempli d’eau muni
d’un couvercle étanche couvert de gel balistique fondu, pour simuler un vaisseau fœtal
intrahépathique. Les participants ont aimé cet outil éducatif et trouvé le modèle
pratique et réaliste. Ce modèle économique de haute fidélité offre une résistance
tissulaire réaliste et constitue un outil de formation sur la transfusion fœtale intrahépathique
avec une précision échographique.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 05, 2022
Accepted:
March 21,
2022
Received:
October 4,
2021
Footnotes
Disclosures: Francis LeBouthillier owns a medical simulator manufacture company and will financially gain from sales of this simulator or any of its products.
All authors have indicated they meet the journal’s requirements for authorship.
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© 2022 The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada/La Société des obstétriciens et gynécologues du Canada. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
