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title: Arizona College Simulation Manikins
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date_published: 2015-06-12
date_modified: 2025-12-11
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  - Nursing
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# Arizona College Simulation Manikins

The use of high-fidelity simulation manikins for medical education purposes was
originally developed in the 1960’s by Dr. Judson Denson and Dr. Stephen
Abrahamson at the University of Southern California.  Denson and Abrahamson
created [Sim One](http://www.simlearn.va.gov/), whose purpose was to train
anesthesiology residents in endotracheal intubation using patient simulation.

Patient simulation is a technique for hands on practice that educates and
improves the competency of healthcare professionals.   They discover how to
assess, create a treatment plan and provide direct patient care, in mock real
world scenarios while under the supervision of an educator.  Patient simulation
creates an excellent learning environment that reduces potential healthcare
accidents and increases skill and confidence of the practitioner.

The need for patient simulation has always been present. However, the initial
monetary cost of this new technology was a challenge for most institutions to
adopt. But with the advancement in computer hardware, software, and Internet
capabilities, as well as an increased demand for hands-on patient simulation, an
environment has been developed to make patient simulation more easily accessible
through the use of manikins. You might expect that physicians, nurses, and
emergency medical professionals can benefit from simulation manikins, but other
professionals such as military medical responders can as well.

Arizona College’s
[Bachelor of Science in Nursing](https://www.arizonacollege.edu/nursing/nursing-program-information/)
laboratory is equipped with an extensive inventory of simulation manikins.  Our
nursing students are learning lifesaving skills while demonstrating their
knowledge and utilizing the technology of the simulation manikins. The nursing
laboratory includes the following manikins, each inducted into the program by
the creation of their own “name”:

- **2 High-fidelity manikins**
  - SimMan3G (Mr. Sherman “Red” Yoder), and
  - SimMom (Anita Push)
- **2 Mid-fidelity twin children manikins** (Tammy and Tommy Ache)
- **2 Low-fidelity manikins** (H. Art Ache and I.M. Hurt)
- **3 Mid-fidelity manikins** (Paris Stalsis, Ima Enpain, and Anita Waters)

Fidelity, which is classified as high, mid, or low, refers to how much realism
the manikin has.

- A High-fidelity manikin moves with respiration, blinks it’s eyes, has heart,
  lung and bowel sounds. It has pulses all over the body and the instructor can
  speak through the manikin communicating verbally with the nursing student for
  assessment exercises.
  - Anita Push (Sim Mom), can give birth, hemorrhage, urinate and simulate a
    variety of obstetrical complications.
  - Sherman “Red” Yoder can sweat, cry, drool, urinate and bleed. These
    life-like characteristics of the simulation manikins result in a real world
    educational experience.

- The Mid-fidelity manikins provide lung, heart and bowel sounds as well as
  blood pressure and pulses in one arm. They do not move with these sounds and
  they do not blink.
- The Low-fidelity manikins are primarily task trainers.  They do not make any
  sounds, but are excellent for practicing psychomotor, affective and cognitive
  skills.

Arizona College’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing students have the opportunity
to apply the nursing skills and techniques they are learning by utilizing the
technology of simulation manikins.  Simulation during lab builds the skill-set
and confidence of the nursing student, and the process of role play in a group
setting helps students to develop team building skills that will be needed when
treating patients in the healthcare environment.  If you are interested in
exploring the possibility of becoming a Registered Nurse, contact Arizona
College.  Complete a form to request more information, and take a tour of the
campus and nursing labs.  Take the first step in becoming a
[Registered Nurse](https://arizonacollege.edu/blog/how-to-become-a-registered-nurse/)
and your new rewarding career!

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_Information in this blog post is accurate as of June 12, 2015._

**Categories:** AZC Healthcare Programs