Equipment

Faculty and staff may request equipment by contacting Cassie Reed-Thureson at catherine-reed@uiowa.edu. Students are limited to in-library use of simulation equipment. For more information, see our policies or contact us.

Procedural Skill Models

Knot Tying Kits

The Ethicon Knot Tying Practice Board enables learners to practice a variety of suturing and knot tying techniques that all applicable to all types of surgical procedures, including the square knot, surgeon’s (friction) knot, deep tie, ligation around a hemostatic clamp, instrument tie and granny knot.Kits Include:

Knot Tying Board
Instruction Manual
Rope
Scissors
Tweezers
Hemostat

NOTE: There are nine knot tying kits available at the Hardin Library Simulation Center with a 3 Day Checkout.

Resuscitation Manikins

CPR Prompt Adult/Child Training Manikin (Several)

These manikins offer a number of specialized features, including an age selector dial that adjusts the compression depth required for adult or child CPR, a head tilt/chin lift to open the airway and a visible chest rise. An audible compression “clicker” verifies proper technique and anatomical landmarks (including rib cage notch markings, carotid arteries, shoulder blades, nipples and a navel marking) help guide learning.NOTE: There are three manikins available for individual checkouts as well as 4 large bags containing 5 manikins, each.

Baby Anne Infant CPR Manikin (9)

The Baby Anne manikin allows training on infant CPR. Features include oral and nasal passages allow realistic nose pinch, realistic airway function and natural obstruction of the airway, a head tilt/chin lift and jaw thrust, realistic chest compliance and a foreign-body airway obstruction allows practice of release of a foreign body.

Baby Buddy Infant CPR Manikin (3)

This lightweight, full-body infant manikin features proper landmarks to realistically practice CPR techniques. Includes a visible chest rise when ventilated.

Anatomy Models


Giant Functional Brain Model
	This brain model reproduces the brain of a right-handed person, employing contrasting colors and hand-lettered captions to locate and identify motor and sensory functional centers. The model highlights the emotional, sexual, memory and learning functions of the limbic system.Sensory regions and centers receptive to 20 specific body regions are distinguished, as are the motor centers controlling 19 body regions. More than 120 features, hand-numbered on the model, are identified in the corresponding key.

Heart of America PLUS
	This model is twice the size of a human adult heart to show detail and facilitate study, and has three hinged portals allow full access to heart chambers and valves. The attached portions of trachea and esophagus demonstrate their relationship to major vessels. The model sets on a wooden pedestal, but can easily be removed for easy viewing. This model’s authentic hand-painted detail is proudly signed and dated by its crafter.This model has 63 cardiac structures, all number-coded and identified in a corresponding key, and has an accurately scaled brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid and left subclavian artery, complete with right and left internal thoracic (internal mammary) arteries, PLUS attachable/detachable bypass vessels of flexible tubing in a variety of lengths. Simply attach tubing with build-in quick connects to the model to configure single, double, triple, LIMA or bilateral IMA bypass grafts.

Skeleton
	A complete life-size skeleton is available for use within the Simulation Center.Skills: Correct identification of the different bones in the human body.
Nystrom Sexless Human Torso with Removable Organs
	This life-size model contains 21 removable pieces including heart, lungs, spine, liver, kidney, intestines and brain. The Advanced Human Torso Teacher Resource Guide and Identification Key is available and lists over 900 structures.