Smart Airway - Adult (Light Skin Tone)
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The next evolution of TruCorp’s market leading AirSim range, Smart Airway, incorporates sensors for personalised feedback and assessment during airway management training.
What benefits does the Smart Airway app bring to airway management training?
The Smart Airway app has three different modes to aid students and teachers with their airway training sessions:
Practice Mode
- Allows students to gain knowledge in advance of classes
- Gives real-time feedback to improve technique
- Provides visuals of lung volumes
Self-direct Assessment
- Includes guided video tutorials for each skill
- Audio and text feedback on performance
- Focused learning and self-directed assessment with graded marks
Instructor-led Assessment
- Instructors can modify criteria within the scenarios and assessments based on user experience
- As well as the debriefing videos and quantitative feedback, instructors can give additional feedback
- End of assessment certificates and results summary are supplied at the end if the assessment
Overview
- Sensor-driven adult airway simulation trainer
- Key metric tracking for performance feedback
- Supports independent learning with customisable content
Realism
- Realistic adult male torso with visible chest rise and fall
- Uses CT DICOM data for anatomically correct internal features and accurate landmarks
Versatility
- Incorporates the TruCorp replacement larynx and neck skins to allow for repeatable training
- Airway tested to withstand 20,000+ intubation cycles
Cleaning
- Trainer can be cleaned with a warm damp cloth and mild detergent
- Allow to thoroughly dry before storing
Safety
- Contains electronics, do not submerge manikin in water
- Excessive force during use can cause damage to head skin
Anatomy
- Adult male upper torso and head
Skills Gained
- Needle cricothyroidotomy
- Surgical cricothyroidotomy
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Double nasotracheal intubation
- (BVM) Bag valve mask ventilation techniques
- Full range of supraglottic device insertion
- Direct laryngoscopy
- Video laryngoscopy
- Sellick Manoeuvre
- Awake fibre optic examination
- Endotracheal tube insertion
- Combi tube insertion
Recommended equipment sizes (not supplied with trainer):
- Size 6.0-7.0mm ID for nasal intubation
- Size 7.0-7.5mm ID for oral intubation
- Size 3 for LMA laryngeal masks
- Similar respective sizes for other supraglottic devices
References
Undergraduate Medicine
Health Workforce Australia Medical Graduate Competency Framework Stage 2, Final Report, August 2012, Appendix G Airway Management (see ARC guideline) including: chin lift/head tilt manage partial airway obstruction or complete airway obstruction guedel & nasopharyngeal insertion bag & mask ventilation.
Postgraduate Junior Doctors
Paramedics
Can this airway trainer help students with learning beyond procedures?
Yes. With the Smart Airway app and the incorporated sensor and internal camera, trainees will get accurate readings of the procedures they perform. They’re able to see the impact of incisor force and cricoid pressure, as well as visualising the airway for a greater understanding of their actions on the human body.
Is it possible to customise the scenarios for different ability students?
The Smart Airway and its app can be customised towards specific competencies, allowing for targeted training where students need it most. Assessments on the app can be easily changed between sessions, and the manikin can also simulate tongue edema with the addition of around 20ml of air.
Is the Smart Airway suitable for independent learning?
Absolutely. The app itself has two modes, Practice and Self-Directed Assessment. Within these two modes, students can familiarise themselves with the model and app, as well as building skills and techniques through theory and video tutorials.
Through the sensors, the app is able to provide real-time feedback and visualisations of lung volumes and ventilation metrics. While the assessments give quantitative scoring and performance benchmarking, ever when studying independently