Training and Assessing Critical Airway, Breathing, and Hemorrhage Control Procedures for Trauma Care: Live Tissue Versus Synthetic Models

Abstract

Optimal teaching and assessment methods and models for emergency airway, breathing, and hemorrhage interventions are not currently known. The University of Minnesota Combat Casualty Training consortium (UMN CCTC) was formed to explore the strengths and weaknesses of synthetic training models (STMs) versus live tissue (LT) models. In this study, we compare the effectiveness of best in class STMs versus an anesthetized caprine (goat) model for training and assessing seven procedures: junctional hemorrhage control, tourniquet (TQ) placement, chest seal, needle thoracostomy (NCD), nasopharyngeal airway (NPA), tube thoracostomy, and cricothyrotomy (Cric).

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 14, 2017
Source ID
10.1111/acem.13340

Entities

People

  • Danielle Hart
  • Gregory Beilman
  • Gregory Rule
  • Jeffrey G Chipman
  • Joseph Clinton
  • Mary Ann Mcneil
  • On Behalf Of The University Of Minnesota Combat Casualty Training Consortium (umn Cctc)
  • Rachel Brown
  • Robert Rush
  • Robert Sweet
  • Shilo Anders
  • Troy Reihsen

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)
  • Hennepin County Medical Center
  • Madigan Army Medical Center
  • United States Army Medical Research and Development Command
  • University of Minnesota
  • Vanderbilt University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Trauma Surgery or Emergency Medicine.
  • Trauma or Military Medicine