CHARACTERISTICS

GENERAL:

• Soft silicone nose
  • Real and fake nostrils
  • Nostrils connected to 3D printed resin skull
  • Hard nasal cavity palette
• Soft resistance with laryngeal/esophageal opening
• Horse’s head with flexible movements. Can be moved downwards (so that the tube passes into the oesophagus) and/or upwards (so that the tube enters the trachea).
• Tube can be rotated and adjusted both ventrally and medially to ensure correct position before entering either duct.
• Visualisation of the downward movement of the tube down the oesophagus.
• Identification by touch of the movement of the soda under the skin of the horse’s neck.
• Trachea with slight ribbing representing the tracheal rings or cartilages.
• The base of the model has a drainage hole to which a stomach can be connected underneath, filled with sour feed or stomach contents to teach pupils how to siphon the stomach.
• The skin of the horse’s neck can be removed for washing.

INCLUDE

• 1 Horse head intubation simulator with base
• 1 Care instruction manual

Description

The Equine Nasogastric Intubation Simulator is an anatomically correct teaching aid for veterinary students to learn how to insert nasogastric tubes through the oesophagus to relieve colic problems, administer drugs or provide nutrition to the horse when it is not eating.

The Holsim Equine Nasogastric Model can be used in the classroom to facilitate teaching. This teaching aid can also be used to teach how to insert tubes into the trachea for respiratory problems. Nasogastric intubation is an essential and possibly life-saving procedure that is routinely performed in cases of equine colic to decompress the stomach and provide therapy.