Medical simulation in the past
According to any dictionary, simulation is defined as the representation of a process or a system. As far as medical simulation is concerned, it was utilized even in ancient times as it is revealed by the discovery of human figures made of stone and clay which are dated back to Antiquity and illustrate the clinical characteristics of some diseases.
In the 17th century, legislation permitted the performance of necrotomies in order for medical students and doctors to learn anatomy. For instance, the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons used to organize a lesson on body dissection every year. At the beginning, only medical students participated in the course but later, members of the higher social classes and visitors …show more content…
Bjorn Lind and Dr. Peter Safar, developed the mannequin «Resuscitation Annie», which is one of the most widely known simulators even nowadays because the basic principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are taught to medical professionals and citizens with its assistance. The most dominant story says that the template for CPR-Annie's face was a young French girl whose dead body was found in the River Seine in Paris in the late 19th century.
In 1967, Dr. Judson Denson and Dr. Stephen Abrahamson pioneered the first computerized patient simulator named «Sim One». Even though the National Institutes of Health refused to subsidize their project, they received an award of $272,000 by the United States Office of Education to complete their innovation. «Sim One» laid the foundations for the design of the modern high-fidelity mannequins as it presented many human functions, such as producing breathing and heart sounds. For that reason, it is considered to be one of the hallmarks in the history of medical education.
The «Cardiology patient simulator» was introduced to the scientific community in 1968 by Dr. Michael Gordon who named it Harvey in deference to Dr. W. Proctor Harvey, professor at Georgetown University. This simulator could mimic plenty of heart diseases by altering its functions and its vital signs, like blood pressure, heart and respiratory
According to any dictionary, simulation is defined as the representation of a process or a system. As far as medical simulation is concerned, it was utilized even in ancient times as it is revealed by the discovery of human figures made of stone and clay which are dated back to Antiquity and illustrate the clinical characteristics of some diseases.
In the 17th century, legislation permitted the performance of necrotomies in order for medical students and doctors to learn anatomy. For instance, the Amsterdam Guild of Surgeons used to organize a lesson on body dissection every year. At the beginning, only medical students participated in the course but later, members of the higher social classes and visitors …show more content…
Bjorn Lind and Dr. Peter Safar, developed the mannequin «Resuscitation Annie», which is one of the most widely known simulators even nowadays because the basic principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation are taught to medical professionals and citizens with its assistance. The most dominant story says that the template for CPR-Annie's face was a young French girl whose dead body was found in the River Seine in Paris in the late 19th century.
In 1967, Dr. Judson Denson and Dr. Stephen Abrahamson pioneered the first computerized patient simulator named «Sim One». Even though the National Institutes of Health refused to subsidize their project, they received an award of $272,000 by the United States Office of Education to complete their innovation. «Sim One» laid the foundations for the design of the modern high-fidelity mannequins as it presented many human functions, such as producing breathing and heart sounds. For that reason, it is considered to be one of the hallmarks in the history of medical education.
The «Cardiology patient simulator» was introduced to the scientific community in 1968 by Dr. Michael Gordon who named it Harvey in deference to Dr. W. Proctor Harvey, professor at Georgetown University. This simulator could mimic plenty of heart diseases by altering its functions and its vital signs, like blood pressure, heart and respiratory