Advanced Pediatric Airway Trainer for Enhanced Clinical Education in Pediatric Critical Care

项目概要/摘要 临床培训辅助工具，如手术人体模型和程序培训师是重要的工具， 向医生和急救人员传授正确的技术。然而，其中大多数 为成人解剖学开发了培训工具。儿科患者通常更具挑战性 治疗，但很少有资源存在先进的模拟在儿科重症监护教育。这 对于诸如插管之类的气道过程尤其明显，因为儿童的气道 与完全发育的成人气道相比，这是显著不同的，并且更难操作。由于 儿科气道工作困难，儿科患者数量相对较少， 医生和急救人员看到，许多EMT被告知不要尝试插管，因为失败 率太高了。因此，一个先进的儿科气道训练器可以大大提高临床 儿科重症监护教育，培训新医生和急救人员，以便 当一个危重的孩子出现时，他们能够成功地执行救生措施， 包括插管。 在第一阶段SBIR项目中，我们将开发一种先进的儿科气道训练器， 儿科重症监护的临床教育。大多数训练辅助工具是为成人解剖学开发的; 儿科气道建模的选择较少，而那些确实存在的选择往往更多， 太简单了该项目的主要目标是设计一种先进的气道训练器， 结合了目前市场上没有的功能，包括模块化功能，以改变 解剖结构和难度，结合感测以映射受训者通过气道的路径，以及 能够将液体引入气道，以模拟出血或呕吐时增加的困难 存在。我们将建立和测试这个设备的关键子系统的原型：一个传感器， 可以映射喉镜通过气道的路径以帮助正确训练的模块 法我们的团队将共同开发一种先进的气道训练器， 反馈给受训者，并采用模块化组件进行调整困难，改善 儿科重症监护的教育和培训。

Project Summary/Abstract Clinical training aids such as surgical mannequins and procedural trainers are important tools for teaching proper technique to physicians and first responders. However, the majority of these training tools were developed for adult anatomies. Pediatric patients are often more challenging to treat, but few resources exist for advanced simulation in pediatric critical care education. This is particularly apparent for airway procedures such as intubation, because children's airways are significantly different and more difficult to work with than fully developed adult airways. Due to the difficulty of working with pediatric airways and the relatively low volume of pediatric patients that physicians and emergency personnel see, many EMTs are told not to try intubation as the failure rate is too high. Therefore, an advanced pediatric airway trainer could greatly improve clinical education for pediatric critical care, both for training new physicians and first responders, so that when a critically ill child is presented they are able to successfully perform lifesaving measures including intubation. In this Phase I SBIR project, we will develop an advanced pediatric airway trainer to improve clinical education for pediatric critical care. Most training aids are developed for adult anatomies; there are fewer options for modeling pediatric airways, and those that do exist tend to be much too simple. The primary goal of the project is to design an advanced airway trainer that incorporates features that are not currently on the market, including modular features to vary the anatomy and difficulty, incorporation of sensing to map the trainee's path through the airway, and the ability to incorporate fluids into the airway to simulate the added difficulty when blood or vomit is present. We will build and test a prototype of the key subsystem for this device: a sensing module that can map the path of a laryngoscope through the airway to aid in training proper technique. Together our team will develop an advanced airway trainer that provides direct feedback to the trainee and incorporates modular components for adjustable difficultly, improving education and training for pediatric critical care.