ECMO Patient Simulator

ECMO Patient Simulator (EPS)

The Biomed Simulation Inc. ECMO Patient Simulator (EPS) is designed to simulate a patient (neonate through adult) before, during and after total or partial Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) support.

It is a programmable, high fidelity simulator system designed to attach to any ECMO machine circuit either in VA or VV configuration. It is intended both as a teaching tool, and as a tool for evaluating the performance of a ECMO operator

The EPS Simulator has the ability to script and load unique clinical scenarios. By doing so, any patient parameter, or machine setting can be pre-established and set automatically. These scenario steps include the patients’ physiological parameters, which of the ancillary monitors are displayed, and even text to speech entries for requests or other communication during the case. These individual scenario “steps” can be started and automatically advanced at predetermined intervals. In addition, progression through the scenario steps can be stopped and started at the instructors (operators’) discretion. Once a clinical scenario is loaded, the instructor can change any of the variables, make comments and sequentially step through the case or allow it to proceed at the predetermined intervals.