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Training Nurses With Virtual Veins

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the watch-where-you're-pointing-that-thing dept.

meganthom writes "UK Haptics is developing a virtual hand to help nurses learn how to draw blood and put in IVs in a realistic manner. Though plastic models are currently used, these do not give new nurses the 'feel' for how much pressure to apply to the needle, and they cannot alert the nurse about pain. The system currently under development, which uses haptics, would make the learning experience considerably more realistic, even telling the nurse when too much pressure was applied."

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  1. It's a lamprey! by Solder+Fumes · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Textbook example of a lamprey poster. Lamprey posters parasitically latch onto early 5's for an easy ride to Modville, regardless of whether the post has anything remotely to do with the parent. ;-)

  2. Re:Self-describing medical instructions by drinkypoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Even if she had one, how the hell would you see it? Well, presumably with a maglite and one of these, nm.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"