Look, we want the next generation of
robot doctors to be as competent as possible; after all, it's them that'll likely be taking care of us when our fingers lock up and our cranium-housed SSDs finally fail. That said, we can't help but be freaked completely out by Laerdal's latest and greatest patient simulator, the SimMan 3G. This almost-human can be programmed with various practice scenarios for to-be doctors to hone their skills on, and as any sophisticated mannequin should, this one is also wireless, self-contained and able to withstand four hours of surgery before conking out. We have no clue how many thousands this thing will set HOSA clubs around the nation back, but anything that bleeds, winks, and
secretes shouldn't be something you "buy," anyway.
posted Apr 3rd 2009 6:01AM
Looks like Kryten off Red Dwarf!
smeeeeeeg---heeeeeeead
"bleeds, winks, secretes and cshouldn't"
What was originally after the c?
ries? ares? raps? rushes? urses? ockslaps?
try "-reates havoc by sneaking up behind you while you're blogging and stabbing you in the back of the head."
It's a good thing that SimMan 3G. I'd hate to use it over EDGE.
hardy har har
All I could think of when initially seeing the picture of that thing was, "Kill it, killlllllll iiiiiiiittttt!!!!!!!"
I don't remember seeing him in The Sims. Then again, I don't have "The Sims 17: Medical Technicians" yet.
We have some SimMen where I work. It's so much fun to inject them with things and make them die over and over again. LOL!
Good point, this could inheritablely help people fulfill fantasy and relieve stress by allowing them to kill the thing over and over again.
Wheres the heart? The precious heart!
I watched the entire video on their site and it didn't explain a damn thing.
Besides the fact that that abomination can apparently cry, as well.
We looked at picking up Sim Men for our agency. I don't remember what they start out as, but the top end model was approximately $250,000. I was blown away.
A month later I was working on a Sim Man for re-training. When the guy started foaming at the mouth, tearing up, and convulsing, I began to see the utility. When I pushed the correct medications, and he reacted to them like a patient would, I became a believer.
These things are incredible.
Yeah we have one here at work, it cost us about $52,000 and it's pretty fun to play with! It's an amazing educational tool, especially for the trauma unit. It's especially fun when they kill him and I make him mock the residents with a Homer Simpson voice.
I produced some of the original training for the last gen model for Laerdal and they were well over 50K back then even after you cut a deal.
Hopefully they have made the screaming more realistic now. It just wasn't believable with that tiny internal speaker.
I wonder if they're making a lady version because it was creepy that you could remove Mr. Sim's hoohoo and replace it with a whatwhat (sorry for the southpark medical terminology)
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Now I can use the car pool lane
"I've fallen and I can't get...hey, who took my shoes?
It's the best for students.
You, a citizen, WANT your med staff trained well eh?
Good Freaking GOSH!.. I just finished watching Final Destination 2 on TV... That was *not* a picture I needed to have pop up in my face...