TraumaMan

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TraumaMan is a surgical simulation manikin used for teaching surgical skills, including the American College of Surgeons' Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) program, to medical professionals.{{cite journal|last1=Block|first1=EF|last2=Lottenberg|first2=L|last3=Flint|first3=L|last4=Jakobsent|first4=J|last5=Liebnitzky|first5=D|title=Use of a human patient simulator for the advanced trauma life support course.|journal=American Surgeon|date=July 2002|volume=68|issue=7|pmid=12132752|pages=648–51|doi=10.1177/000313480206800720 }} TraumaMan is also used to advance surgical skills in combat situations.{{cite web |last1=Scerbo|first1=Mark W.|last2=Weireter, Jr.|first2=Leonard J.|last3=Bliss|first3=James P.|last4=Schmidt|first4=Elizabeth A.|last5=Hanner|first5=Hope|title=An Examination of Surgical Skill Performance under Combat Conditions Using a Mannequin-Based Simulator in a Virtual Environment|date=2004 |publisher=Old Dominion University Norfolk VA |id=ADA444915 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA444915}}

The TraumaMan surgical trainer has become a preferred alternative to the use of animals by both medical students and instructors alike for teaching emergency trauma surgical skills.{{cite journal |last1=Ali |first1=Jameel |last2=Sorvari |first2=Anne |last3=Pandya |first3=Anand |title=Teaching Emergency Surgical Skills for Trauma Resuscitation-Mechanical Simulator versus Animal Model |journal=ISRN Emergency Medicine |date=2012 |volume=2012 |pages=1–6 |doi=10.5402/2012/259864|doi-access=free |hdl=1807/87620 |hdl-access=free }}{{cite journal|last1=Balcombe|first1=Jonathan|title=Medical Training Using Simulation: Toward Fewer Animals and Safer Patients |journal=Alternatives to Laboratory Animals|date=2004|volume=32 |issue=S1 |pages=553–560 |url=http://animalstudiesrepository.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=acwp_arte|doi=10.1177/026119290403201s90|pmid=23581135|s2cid=25582215 |doi-access=free}}

TraumaMan is used to train on the following surgical procedures {{Cite web|url=https://simulab.com/collections/traumaman-system|title=TraumaMan System|website=Simulab Corporation}}

• Cricothyroidotomy
• Percutaneous tracheostomy
• Needle decompression
• Chest tube insertion
• Pericardiocentesis
• Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
• Intravenous cutdown