title: Inconspicuous portable audio/visual recording: transforming an IV pole into a mobile video capture stand.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Although a traditional simulation laboratory may have excellent installed audio/visual capabilities, often large classes overwhelm the limited space in the laboratory. With minimal monetary investment, it is possible to create a portable audio/visual stand from an old IV pole.
  
  
  METHODS
  An IV pole was transformed into an audio/visual stand to overcome the burden of transporting individual electronic components during a patient safety research project conducted in an empty patient room with a standardized patient. The materials and methods for making the modified IV pole are outlined in this article.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The limiting factor of production is access to an old IV pole; otherwise a few purchases from an electronics store complete the audio/visual IV pole.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modified IV pole is a cost-effective and portable solution to limited space or the need for audio/visual capabilities outside of a simulation laboratory. The familiarity of an IV pole in a clinical setting reduces the visual disturbance of relocated audio/visual equipment in a room previously void of such instrumentation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Emergency Medicine, Center for Simulation Technology and Academic Research (CSTAR), Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Illinois, USA. cpettineo@gmail.com
authors.forename: Christopher M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Pettineo
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Vozenilek
authors.forename: Morris
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kharasch
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aitchison
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arreguin
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D004867:Equipment Design; D016544:Patient Simulation; D014741:Video Recording / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods