VCU Medical Center Receives Fully Wireless, Portable Patient Simulator

By Malorie Burkett

The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center's Department of Emergency Medicine has acquired iStan –  the first fully wireless, portable patient simulator truly based around a human-like skeletal structure.

Weather permitting, VCU emergency medicine physicians and VCU Life Evac crew members will provide a demonstration of iStan from atop the hospital's helipad on Friday, Dec. 7 at 10 a.m.

The demonstration will involve transporting the simulator from Life Evac to the trauma room.

The VCU Medical Center will be one of the first hospitals in the country with the new simulator, which closely mimics the anatomical workings of the human body. In addition, iStan features true-to-life articulated motion, human-like skin and bodily secretions.

VCU plans to use iStan in training exercises within the hospital as well as throughout the community and region. For more information, visit http://www.meti.com/products_ps_istan.htm.