By reproducing various symptoms, supports practice of auscultation with a feeling of being in a clinical situation. Sakamoto Auscultation Simulator reproduces life-like cardiac sounds and breath sounds of patients with a computer. It is an educational model designed for improving the auscultation skill in which characteristic cardiac and breath sounds in various diseases can be distinctly heard with a stethoscope by checking their sites.
Specifications
Weight
Main unit 4.2 kg, box 1.5 kg
Size
Main unit
H500 mm x W550 mm x D230 mm
Box H89 mm x W160 mm x D230 mm
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Use your own personal computers (WindowsXP or later models) by installing SAKAMOTO AUSCULTATION SIMULATOR from a CD-ROM.
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For SAKAMOTO AUSCULTATION SIMULATOR to be effective, your computer must have:
CPU/pentiumIII/800MHz or faster
Memory/128 MB or greater
Hard disc/empty space 780 MB or greater
USB port
16 bit color display unit/capable of displaying SVGA (800 x 600)
Central hyperpnea (midbrain disorder) hyperventilation syndrome
12.
Abnormal respiratory pattern
Kussmaul respiration
Diabetic ketoacidosis , uremia
Cardiac sounds
1.
Normal (no splitting of the second sound)
8.
Mid-systolic clicks
15.
Subaortic stenosis
2.
Normal (split second sound)
9.
Mitral escape clicks /murmur
16.
Atrial septal defect
3.
Abnormal split second sound
10.
Tricuspid insufficiency
17.
Ventricular septal defect
4.
Increased apical second sound in hypertension
11.
Mitral stenosis
18.
Pulmonary stenosis
5.
Apical fourth sound
12.
Mitral insufficiency
19.
Acute mitral insufficiency
6.
Innocent murmur
13.
Aortic stenosis
20.
Pulmonary insufficiency
7.
Aortic ejection sound
14.
Aortic insufficiency
Learning through practice with a sense of reality
Realistic auscultatory sounds
Sternum and soft touch of the skin
Seven built-in speakers (volume adjustable) provide true-to-life experience of hearing cardiac and breath sounds of actual patients by applying a stethoscope.
Reproduction of complicated cases is possible by combinations of 20 cases of cardiac sounds and 12 cases of breath sounds.
Differences in auscultatory sounds can be confirmed realistically by the use of a personal computer (Windows). Practical clinical settings and the sense of being in a real situation make training optimal for the acquisition of auscultation skill.
Adjustable to details
Presentation of case profiles
The heart rate and respiratory rate are adjustable.
The volume of cardiac and breath sounds is adjustable in each region (cardiac and pulmonary regions) or all regions. Fine adjustment of the settings enables trainees to experience diverse cases in near actual situations.
Presentation of case profiles and points of attention with graphs facilitates understanding of characteristics of each disease.
Practice can be repeated anywhere including the hospital, school, seminars, and home. It is an instrument for medical education that also serves for improving the skill of in-the-field auscultation of emergency first responders. Recommended for overseas and domestic medical educational organizations and training centers