The marriage of surgical simulation and telementoring for damage-control surgical training of operational first responders: A pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable posttraumatic death. Many such deaths may be potentially salvageable with remote damage-control surgical interventions. As recent innovations in information technology enable remote specialist support to point-of-care providers, advanced interventions, such as remote damage-control surgery, may be possible in remote settings.

Methods

An anatomically realistic perfused surgical training mannequin with intrinsic fluid loss measurements (the "Cut Suit") was used to study perihepatic packing with massive liver hemorrhage. The primary outcome was loss of simulated blood (water) during six stages, namely, incision, retraction, direction, identification, packing, and postpacking. Six fully credentialed surgeons performed the

SUBMITTER: Kirkpatrick AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4623848 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature