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9. The influence of user-adjustable parameters on the action of
the patient simulator system METI ECS
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The interactive, whole-body patient simulator METI, model Emergency Care
Simulator (ECS) is designed for training practical skills and handling emergency situations.
Namely the training of healthcare personnel is presumed. This simulator plausibly imitates the
human body anatomical composition and allows for demonstrating acute clinical symptoms
(such as bleeding, cardiac arrest, troubled breathing, spasms, etc.).
The ECS device consists of three components, see Fig. 9.1. It is a computer with
METI utility software, The PCU control unit, and a body model. The computer communicates
with the control unit via the software, and the control unit controls all the electronic and
pneumatic systems of the mannequin, via externally supplied gas.
The operator of the computer controls the ECS in real time or by means of prepared
scenarios that can be further influenced according to current needs and situations.
Fig. 9.1: Connection scheme of the individual ECS components.
The running of the entire simulation is ensured by a sophisticated SW model, which
has been running on the operator’s PC. The SW model includes three main modules:
cardiovascular, respiratory and pharmacological. These systems are mutually interconnected
and they influence one another, similarly to the real person’s physiology. If any of the
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