Tracheostomy Overlay for Simulated Patient Use
This invention is an ‘overlay’ that is appliedto actors who play the role of a patient in simulation training. The overlay will consist of a partial tracheostomy tube and a skin-likematerial that will make the actor wearing the overlay appear as a truetracheostomy patient. The overlay will also have embedded in it a biofeedbacksystem that will alert the student in training whether he or she is usingproper technique in manipulating the tracheostomy tube. This tool willenhance care for tracheostomy patients through effective educationalsimulation.The human respiratory systemrequires inspired air to enter the body through the mouth or nose,then passto the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles,andlung tissue where the oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide at the capillarylevel. There are some diseases that require the air to bypass the mouth andnose and enter through the trachea (tracheostomy).These patients have aone-inch incisionjust belowthe Adam’s applewhere asmall deviceis inserted tokeep the stoma from closing up (tracheostomytube;figure below).These patients are challenging for healthcare providers to speak with, care for, andassess for complications.Becauseof these challenges,it isimperative thateducational institutions provide safe simulated learning modules thatinclude patients with a tracheostomy.
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