Reference 03857 · Task trainer
Adult Obesity Suit - Upper Trunk
- Task trainer
- General Medicine
- Main product
- Medicine
Expose your students to the unique physical and emotional complexities of caring for bariatric patients. By wearing the adult obesity suit, students can develop appreciation and empathy for the challenges bariatric patients face as they attempt to perform basic activities of daily living.
Price on request
Available in Spain, Portugal and Andorra · delivery time given in the proposal
Downloadable data sheet — features, specifications and delivery time, in PDF.
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Description
What this equipment is and what it's designed for.
Expose your students to the unique physical and emotional complexities of caring for bariatric patients. By wearing the adult obesity suit, students can develop appreciation and empathy for the challenges bariatric patients face when attempting to perform basic activities of daily living.
With this new perspective, the practitioner will be more aware of the special needs of overweight people when caring for them and tailoring their treatment.
The obesity suit fits adult mannequins from leading providers, as well as standardised patients, students and instructors.
What you learn
Task trainer modality. The competencies this equipment trains, in the language of the training plan.
- Diagnosis of cutaneous skin diseases in bariatric patients
- Cleansing and hygiene of fungal infection of skin folds
- Bladder catheterisation in obese patients
- Cardiac and pulmonary auscultation in obese patients
- Bilateral deltoid injection
- Subcutaneous abdominal injection
Related procedures: Patient care
Cases and pathologies
The clinical scenarios that can be simulated with this equipment.
- Venous access and deltoid injection made difficult by the adipose panniculus
- Pitting oedema in the lower limbs
- Urinary catheterisation and perineal care in the patient with obesity
- Administration of enemas
- Mobilisation and transfer of the overweight patient
Features and what's included
What the equipment does and what comes in the box, as described by the manufacturer.
Features
GENERAL:- The weight is easily and quickly adjustable.
- Deep skin folds for a thorough assessment of the bariatric patient's skin. Can place simulated pills, yeast or fungus, etc., for students to discover.
- Provides realistic challenges associated with catheterisation of bariatric clients.
- Practice and evaluation of the proper size blood pressure cuff needed.
- Realistic auscultation. Difficulty listening to heart and chest sounds.
- Injectable stitches
- Bilateral in the deltoid
- Abdominal
- Subcutaneous injections
- Realistic and washable skin
- Take precautions to care for the fibre filler
Includes
- 1 Adult Obesity Suit - Upper Trunk
- 1 Storage bag
Services for this equipment
Services matter: the equipment gets commissioned, the staff know how to use it and maintenance is settled before you start. Include them in your budget and avoid having to raise a second purchase.
- Preventive maintenance We'll let you know when it's due
Documentation
You can download it now or we'll send it on request.
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Is this equipment going into a new centre?
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