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Perineal Repair: Improving Knowledge, Confidence, and Skills
Evidence shows that 85% of women experience a perineal injury. With this in mind, it is imperative that obstetric practitioners have the skills to master perineal repair.
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A New Chapter In Healthcare
The new challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic continue to affect today’s healthcare workers.
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Limbs & Things lends a hand to Bristol homeless charity, BOSH
'Tis the season of giving, and for the past two years, Limbs & Things have been supporting BOSH, a charity based in Bristol, to help give back to the city that has helped our business thrive.
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Men’s Health Awareness 2022 at Limbs & Things
The globally recognized Movember campaign, started in 2004, has progressively brought about an increased awareness of health issues specific to men including prostate and testicular cancers, as well as the importance of exercise, mental health, and the prevention of suicide.
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Metro Mayor Norris visits one of Bristol’s biggest exporting successes for International Trade Week
“They really are helping to save patients’ lives - here in Bristol and around the world”: Metro Mayor visits one of Bristol’s biggest exporting successes for International Trade Week
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Training to Prevent Erb’s Palsy; A Mission Close to Home
We hear from our PROMPT Flex Product Manager on what it's like to live with Erb's Palsy and how training for shoulder dystocia can improve new-born outcomes.
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Limbs & Things Helps Charity Train War Doctors With Birth Simulators
Bristol-based medical task trainer manufacturers Limbs & Things has been supplying its birthing simulator to the David Nott Foundation to train doctors in war zones around the world for the past three years and has now helped the charity train over 1,080 medical staff in areas of conflict.
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Breast Cancer Awareness 2022
The month of October brings thoughts of fall, cooler days, sweaters, and pumpkin spice, but from a healthcare perspective, October is easily recognized as the month of breast cancer awareness around the world.
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From Concept To Production To You: How Our Innovations Get To Your Door
A behind the scene look into how Limbs & Things create world leading medical simulation devices from concept to full-scale production.
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Healthcare Simulation Week – September 12th-16th, 2022
“Excellence in a New Era” #hcsimweek22
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Using Medical Simulation to Improve Venous Access Skills
In the USA alone, there are more than 300 million peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC) sold each year “with at least 80% of all hospitalized patients receiving some form of infusion therapy.
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Growth of the Physician Assistant Profession in Healthcare
'Physician Assistants are are working to fill the gaps created by physician shortages and the changing healthcare needs'
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The Importance of Training in Chest Tube Placement
"It is not uncommon that both adult and pediatric patients might need a chest tube to resolve a pneumothorax. Chest drains were needed for more than two million adults in the United States (US) for one year."
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The Importance of Proper Training for the Infant Hip Exam
“Only 50% (of Pediatricians) practiced in an institution that endorses a care pathway for DDH”
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Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH) in the Infant
"In some infants, the hip joint does not form correctly, causing what is now called DDH, or Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip, formerly known as congenital dislocation of the hip."
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Does Medical Simulation and Team Training Improve Patient Outcomes?
Since the mid 1990’s, healthcare simulation has incorporated team training to improve patient safety, building on lessons learned from the aviation industry.
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Deliberate Practice with the Surgical Female Pelvic Trainer for gaining and maintaining competence in OB/GYN Laparoscopic Surgery
Minimally invasive surgery, also known as Laparoscopic surgery, was first used on animals in the late 1800’s. A German surgeon, George Kelling, first applied the technology to humans, publishing his results in 1910(1).
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How Epidurals Are Used To Safely Reduce Pain
Many people have heard of an epidural, either as part of a surgical or birthing experience. Also known as a “nerve block”, the epidural can be used to provide relief from chronic pain.
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Relieve the stress of skin and vein replacements
Our patent pending new IV arm range removes all the frustrations of replacing skins and veins.
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Performing Lumbar Puncture Safely
Procedures that involve needles in the spinal area often cause apprehension in patients and novice providers who must perform the procedure. It would be highly reassuring to know that the person performing the task has done it many times and is confident in their skills.
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Increasing Rates of Caesarean Section: Implications for Training
Although there have been significant improvements in the techniques and skills needed to perform a Caesarean section in the past few decades, learning these skills takes time and persistent practice to master.
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Pre-hospital Emergency Care and Patient Safety
Patient safety in hospitals has been studied internationally for the past 20 years. Global reports indicate that more than 12% of patients incur an adverse event while hospitalized, 70% of which have been deemed preventable.1 What has not been studied as extensively is patient safety in the prehospital emergency care environment.
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The Global Picture of Men’s Health: New Policies and Practices
The globally recognized Movember campaign, started in 2004, has progressively brought about an increased awareness of health issues specific to men including prostate and testicular cancers, as well as the importance of exercise, mental health, and the prevention of suicide.
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What Does it Take to be an Emergency Medicine Consultant Doctor in the UK?
Led by the General Medical Council (GMC), the UK has a very transparent medical education infrastructure. The GMC has set standards and requirements for curricula that applies to every specialty. Their standards include excellence in the design and delivery of medical education and includes both technical and non-technical skills
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Nursing in the Post-Covid World: Has Everything Changed?
Nurses make up more than 50% of the healthcare workforce worldwide. They are on the front line working long shifts, caring for patients and families in hospitals and community settings.
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Meeting the brains behind the Colles' Fracture Reduction Trainer
In the first excursion of its kind, we visited the two masterminds behind the Colles’ Fracture Reduction Trainer. After a lengthy demonstration including three additional members of staff, Dr Salwa Malik and Dr Yasir Shaukat sit down at the Princess Royal Hospital with Limbs & Things to discuss the journey.
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The Impact of Midwifery on Maternal Mortality
Over the past few years, there has been a global focus on decreasing maternal mortality rates (MMR). So much emphasis has been placed on these often-preventable deaths that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called for a global target to increase equity in global MMR reduction.
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A Brief Review of 160 Years of Nursing
The term ‘Nurse’ is now globally recognized as a respected profession, but the practice has been around long before the official designation was given.
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The Use of Ultrasound in Clinical Simulations
Healthcare has evolved tremendously over the past 20 years. One of the main reasons for this advancement is the development of technologies that improve the ability to correctly diagnose and treat patients.
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The Use of Blood in Trauma Simulations
For most people, the sight of blood is alarming and frightening, especially if that blood is caused by a traumatic injury to someone we love. For health care teams, the sight of blood triggers the need for action, the need to assess and stabilize a patient.
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Learning the skills associated with lumbar puncture and epidural
When thinking about getting a needle stuck in our back, most of us would likely feel a little anxious and have a few questions about the need for such a procedure. What would be highly reassuring is to know that the person performing the task has done it many times and is confident in their abilities.
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The importance of properly diagnosing distal radius fractures
Most of us know it as a broken wrist, but the medical term is a distal radius fracture. Most interesting is that the bones of the wrist, the carpal bones, are not generally where the break is, but usually about one inch from the distal end (toward the wrist) of the radius bone (the larger of the two arm bones).
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People Project - Round-up
For me, starting at Limbs & Things was a step into the unknown. It was a very large step away from everything I had been used to: education, a lack of responsibility and a very sheltered life. All of a sudden, I was a very small working part in this enormous machine, where people were dependent on my actions and my work.
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Joint Injections for Pain Relief
Joint pain, called arthralgia, can be either short term or chronic. It may be accompanied by inflammation, swelling, and tenderness at the site. One thing that cannot be denied is that joint pain can adversely affect daily activities of life, even to the point of debilitation.
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IMSH 2021 Learning Lab - A Summary
At IMSH 2021, we brought you a Learning Lab with one of the world’s leading Obstetricians, Dr. Shad Deering. Trends in Obstetric Education highlighted the way in which the Obstetric world is continually evolving and the tools that are available to match that dynamism. Here we summarize the session and dive deeper into some of the areas Dr. Deering explored.
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People Project - Meet Jamie
In life it is often the case that setbacks and learning curves spur people on to new heights. The presence of mind is acquired in order to bounce back, learn from them, and then channel a new mindset. After transitioning from departments, Jamie Johnson, our Process and OQC Co-ordinator, has embraced this mindset and found his feet, and then some.
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Improving the Visual Estimation of Blood Loss
It is common that healthcare professionals encounter bleeding in patients they are caring for, creating the need for quick decision-making. A recent article states “among patients who arrive at the emergency department for trauma, hemorrhage is the leading cause of death within the first hour”, and that “nearly 50% of deaths are a result of hemorrhage” within the first 24 hours.
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Commercial Awards 2020
Introducing the Limbs & Things commercial awards for 2020; where exemplary business performance is recognized and celebrated.
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People Project - Meet Jonny
The world of research and development can be a daunting one; where creativity, intuition and vast knowledge bundle into an energy that conceives ideas, and then nurtures them into fully functioning products. Where to begin? Will it work? How will it work? At Limbs & Things, those questions are often answered by Jonny Jarman, one of our Design Engineers.
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IMSH Learning Lab: Trends in OB Education with Dr. Shad Deering
Did you miss following this Learning Lab live? See below the link for the recording.
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Why training is so important when learning venipuncture
The use of Peripheral intravascular cannula (PIVC), more commonly called peripheral Intravenous (IV) lines, is not a new concept, as they were initially experimented with as early at the 1600s. Some of the earliest publications relating to IV access was during the Cholera epidemic of the 1830s, when saline was used with dying patients.
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The Importance of training in the roll out of a mass vaccine
The COVID-19 virus has dominated our thoughts, actions, and routines for nearly a year now. The creation of a vaccine, prioritized for rapid distribution, is now ready for the masses.
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New product range: Venipuncture Arm Range
The new and improved Venipuncture Arm Range from Limbs & Things facilitates the teaching of venipuncture, IV cannulation, and IV infusion for all levels of training.
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People Project - Meet Sara
People pleasing is an art. For some it takes years to perfect the art, and for others it’s an art that may forever elude them. And yet for a small minority, it’s something that comes naturally, almost as second nature.
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Importance of cervical cerclage to maintain successful pregnancy
For most women, pregnancy is a time of anticipation and change. Emotions of joy and anxiety collide as hormone levels increase to accommodate new life. But, for some women, the fear of miscarriage is ever-present.
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Movember - A Focus on Men's Health
November is a time when we focus on men’s health, thanks in part to Nonprofit Organizations like Movember, Men’s Health Network, and the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
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People Project - Meet Viv
Customer service teams are an essential element of any business around the world. At Limbs & Things, there is a special emphasis on the customer service function, due to the way in which we sell and distribute our products across the world. At Limbs, Customer Service Coordinator Vivien Boardman, or Viv for short, is our resident export specialist.
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The Joint Commission Response to the Rising Maternal Mortality Rate
Even though the worldwide maternal mortality ratio has dropped by 38% since 2000, there remains a staggering 295,000 deaths annually around the time of pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Statistics
One in ten women globally are affected by breast cancer. Put another way, more than 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer occur annually worldwide.1
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People Project - Meet Tim
There’s an element of pressure attached to every role at Limbs. Our relentless pursuit of perfection ensures that there is a collective responsibility to get it right, first time. That element of pressure may not be more evident than with Tim Everett, our UK Despatch Team Leader.
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Using approved Limbs & Things Products for ATLS skills stations
Traumatic injury is a major global public health issue, accounting for more than 5 million deaths per year.
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How Urinary Catheterization Trainers Can Save 13,000 Patients a Year
Urinary tract infections are among the most common Healthcare Associated Infections (HAI), accounting for 13,000 deaths each year. Even more concerning, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approximately 75% of all urinary tract infections are associated with the presence of a urinary catheter.
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People Project - Meet Robyn
Whilst a large proportion of Limbs & Things is based in the United Kingdom, it is important to recognize the tireless work that goes into making our subsidiaries a success. Each extension to the Limbs family features a close-knit team, which buys into the Limbs ethos. At the heart of the Australian team is Robyn Johnston, our Customer Service Manager for Australasia.
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Simulation training for improving technical skills in obstetric emergencies
In maternity care, most maternal deaths occur during the intrapartum period and most complications cannot be predicted. Timely diagnosis and appropriate response require considerable skill to prevent death.
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C-Section section: Procedure, statistics and solution
Cesarean delivery (also referred to as a C-section) is a surgical procedure used to deliver a baby through either vertical or horizontal incisions in the abdomen and uterus.
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People Project - Meet Darryl
Darryl Wicks is the longest serving member of the production team at Limbs & Things. Considering he started in 1996, he’s actually one of the longest serving employees across the entire business. In fact, it means that for 80% of Limbs’ existence, Darryl has been an integral part of the production team.
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The Importance of Uterine Compression Sutures
It is estimated that Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) may occur in up to 7.9% of women undergoing vaginal delivery and 6.75% of women delivering by cesarean section.
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NEW Dark Skin Tones Available
At Limbs & Things we have been working on widening our range of products that are available in dark skin-tones as well as light.
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People Project - Meet Cat
As we celebrate our 30th anniversary at Limbs & Things, it’s important to remember with who the business started with; Margot Cooper, a medical illustrator. 30 years on and medical illustration is still as key as ever as the innovations keep flowing. The medical illustration aspect now rests with Catherine, and it couldn’t be in a safer pair of hands.
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Identification of labor stages through a Cervical Dilatation and Effacement module
In normal vaginal deliveries, cervical dilatation and effacement occurs as part of the labor process. Effacement is defined as the thinning of the cervix, and dilatation is the opening of the cervix.
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Proactive approach to prevent maternal deaths from PPH
Each year, more than 700 women die in the United States from pregnancy related complications; the highest number compared with other high-income countries. Over 77% of these cases are related to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
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Supporting training for obstetric emergencies with the PROMPT Flex Range
Shoulder dystocia is an unpredictable emergency complication that occurs during a vaginal delivery. Although in most cases the baby is safely delivered, where shoulder dystocia is not managed correctly it can lead to serious issues that can be detrimental to the health of both the mother and the baby.
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People Project - Meet Rob
Rob is one of our Mechanical Design Engineers. It’s a role that sees him and his fellow engineers act as the glue between Operations and Research & Development (R+D). It’s a time-sensitive role, which has its challenges but a position that proves to be extremely rewarding when a project is completed, and a new product is born.
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People Project - Meet Natalie
It’s been three years since Natalie joined the Limbs & Things family. Initially joining as a temporary member of staff to facilitate Limbs INC’s relocation, Natalie has grown into a role where she is indispensable to the global operation.
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People Project - Meet Dave
On March 4th 2002, Dave embarked on his first day at Limbs & Things. Plenty of things have changed since then, but Dave still comes to work with the same attitude and smile that he did 18 years ago. Sitting in his impeccably tidy workspace, he beams: “I still enjoy every minute.”
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Care and cleaning of L&T products
With the outbreak of COVID19 many of our customers have requested more information about how to use and store our products safely
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Meet us virtually
In order to avoid the further spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus, we will not be offering face-to-face demonstrations of our products for the foreseeable future.
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New duo of TruCorp Products
We are pleased to announce the arrival of two new TruCorp products on our website. Available now are the TruBaby X and TruNerveBlock trainers, which allow trainees to practice different skills in areas such as pediatrics and anesthesia.
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New Android update for PROMPT Flex App
A new update for Android users with the PROMPT Flex App is now readily available on the L&T website.
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New product range: Catheterization Trainer Range
Limbs & Things improved Catheterization Trainer Range facilitates the teaching of urethral and suprapubic catheterization for all levels of training.
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Margot Cooper wins the Innovation Award at Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders
LDC Top 50 Judges presented our founder with the Innovation Award, specifically highlighting her ambition to transform a sector using fresh-thinking and bold ideas.
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Margot Cooper among Top 50 Most Ambitious Leaders
Great feature in Telegraph today. Margot Cooper is listed among LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders in the UK. The LDC Top 50 Most Ambitious Business Leaders aims to celebrate exceptional UK entrepreneurs who inspire success.
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New product launch: Shoulder Injection Trainer - Ultrasound Guided
Continuing a long tradition of pioneering developments we are proud to be launching the first Ultrasound Guided Shoulder Injection Trainer.
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Limbs & Things made it to top 100
This Sunday saw the publication of The Sunday Times SME Export Track for SME companies. Limbs & Things has made it to the top 100. SME Export Track 100 ranks Britain's 100 small and medium-sized (SME) companies with the fastest-growing international sales over the latest two years.
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New product launch: Lumbar Puncture & Epidural Range
We are proud to announce the launch of the new range of products that offer realistic, repeatable and cost-effective training in the core skills of Lumbar Puncture and Epidural Anaesthesia for both palpation and ultrasound guided techniques.
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New skin pad range — Now available to buy
One of our most popular ranges, the improved Skin Pads feature a new, more realistic skin texture and unidirectional stretch to mimic the collagen in human skin.
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International Clinical Skills Conference
Will we be seeing you at the 8th International Clinical Skills Conference in May?
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We Are Launching New Simulation Products at IMSH
Limbs & Things will unveil the latest training models at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare this month in San Antonio.
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Erb’s Palsy - Better care at birth costs less
Although births are generally safe in the UK, not all of them are as safe as they could be. The PROMPT Maternity Foundation have launched a video about Erb’s Palsy called Better care at birth costs less, that we were proud to sponsor.
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New product launch: Male Rectal Examination Trainer
Our brand new trainer offers realistic, repeatable training in the core skill of digital rectal or PR examination.
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Margot Cooper, founder of Limbs & Things scoops the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year 2018
On Thursday 13 November during the Gala Awards Ceremony in London, the winner of the 17th Lloyds Bank National Business Entrepreneur was announced as Limbs & Things founder Margot Cooper.
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How can you best manage non-routine birthing scenarios?
The PROMPT Maternity Foundation video series was designed to demonstrate how to best manage non-routine birthing scenarios.
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Updated Privacy Policy
We want to inform all our customers that we’ve made an update to our data Privacy Policy. At Limbs & Things we take your privacy seriously and we are committed to protecting any data that we collect concerning you.
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FLS to become compulsory for OB/GYN physicians in the US
The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) has announced that all OB/GYN residents will be required to obtain FLS certification before applying for Board status, mandatory in 2020, but likely beginning earlier for those in early residency now.
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New Paracentesis trainer starts shipping
This new addition to the Procedural Skills range fulfils a fundamental component of core medical training. Developed in conjunction with clinicians and trainers, Limbs & Things has created an anatomically accurate model for the training of both diagnostic and therapeutic techniques of paracentesis.
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New products at IMSH 2018
We will be launching new products, including the Paracentesis Trainer and the Compression Suture Uterus Module for the PROMPT Flex Birthing Simulator at the International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) this month in Los Angeles.
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New ATLS 10th edition kit available
Early next year, the 10th edition of the renowned Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) course from the American College of Surgeon (ACS) will become available. The ATLS is now taught worldwide and gives medics a systematic approach on how to care for trauma patients.
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SESAM Lisbon 2023
The 26th Annual Meeting for the Society For Simulation In Europe (SESAM) will be taking place from 14 - 16 June 2023.
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AMEE Conference 2023
AMEE 2023 will take place from 26 - 30 August at the Scottish Event Campus situated in Glasgow, UK.