title: Development of a patient simulator for teaching and evaluation of the basic cardio-pulmonary reanimation protocol.
abstract: Providing appropriate cardio-pulmonary reanimation after cardio-pulmonary arrest is paramount for survival. An effective and low-cost approach to learn and practice the cardio-pulmonary reanimation is through a computerized life-size patient simulator. The present work describes the development of a patient simulator for the Centre of Education and Certification of Medical Aptitudes (CECAM) from the UNAM's Faculty of Medicine. This patient simulator has many new and innovative features, such real-time feedback to the medical student, which improves the whole teaching/learning experience.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Ingeniería Biomédica, Facultad de Ingeniería, UNAM, México.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Villagómez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gómez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dávila
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vega-Gonzalez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez-González
mesh_terms: D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016544:Patient Simulation