(n.) A model of the human body, made of papier-mache or other material, commonly in detachable pieces, for exhibiting the different parts and organs, their relative position, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighteen subjects ventilated a modified recording manikin using each method in random order.
(2) Seventy-two percent were still confident in their ability to perform CPR, although no one had performed the technique on a real victim; 61.9% thought there should have been more manikin practice time; 92.2% still had their CPR refresher card.
(3) A correction for custom in-the-ear nondirectional hearing aids is obtained for converting a frequency response measured using a 2 cm3 coupler to an insertion response, approximating that measured using a manikin and ear simulator.
(4) One series of CPR tests included force measurements from a three-dimensional force platform placed under the manikin.
(5) However, axial stiffness, a measure of the ability of the structure to withstand external force, was higher under all rates of loading for manikin preparations when compared with the human cadaveric tissues.
(6) The results of this investigation showed that American Heart Association (AHA)-certified rescuers are able to produce a consistent pattern of chest wall displacement during a manikin training exercise, and only small differences in displacement recordings are found when comparing one certified rescuer to another.
(7) Sampling efficiency appeared to be improved by placing cassettes on a manikin to simulate personal sampling.
(8) Sixty subjects were selected from students of Kanagawa Dental College and they were divided into two groups (A and B) to prepare abutment tooth of lower right 1st molar for full cast crown on typodont mounted into the manikin.
(9) Resuscitation of the manikin on the Cardiff wedge was found to be as efficient as in the supine position.
(10) Using a cardiopulmonary resuscitation manikin as the victim, our pilot study showed that external heart compression can be administered effectively by a rescuer standing next to a victim in a supine position.
(11) A novel airway device was evaluated for the retention of infective droplets and fluid permeability under simulated resuscitation conditions using a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training manikin.
(12) The effect of controlled, incremental water leakage on the thermal insulation provided by three immersion-protection assemblies has been measured using a thermal manikin.
(13) Investigations were also conducted in the sound field with a KEMAR manikin.
(14) The two training sessions were identical, given by lay teachers priorly instructed in CPR, and consisted of a video-program and practical demonstration, followed by individual practice on training manikins.
(15) The volumes delivered to a resuscitation manikin were compared using four ventilatory techniques: mouth-to-mouth, mouth-to-mask, one-person bag-valve-mask, and two-person bag-valve-mask.
(16) Results of manikin experiments showed both models to be less accurate for simulating the feedback path around the human head.
(17) Using a CPR manikin, we found that greater Thumper compression force was necessary to sustain the same sternal displacement and to achieve the same applied sternal pressure when the rate was increased due to a rate-limited fall in the compression duration.
(18) The student holds the tablet up to the manikin from the bedside and will see a live display of the room they are in but the head and shoulders of the manikin will be overlaid with the video of an actor posing as a patient.
(19) They were given instruction in only the cognitive knowledge related to CPR through lectures and a demonstration of the technique, without supervised manikin practice.
(20) The level of CPR-training of the GPs was fairly good: 67% had received BLS training on a manikin and 63% had already attended a cardiac arrest event.
Teaching
Definition:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Teach
(n.) The act or business of instructing; also, that which is taught; instruction.
Example Sentences:
(1) In this review, we demonstrate that serum creatinine does not provide an adequate estimate of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), and contrary to recent teachings, that the slope of the reciprocal of serum creatinine vs time does not permit an accurate assessment of the rate of progression of renal disease.
(2) Its articulation with content and process, the teaching strategies and learning outcomes for both students and faculty are discussed.
(3) Group teaching compared to individualized teaching of the patients to collect their own aliquots did not appear to have a measurable effect upon the levels of bacteriuria.
(4) This is not an argument for the status quo: teaching must be given greater priority within HE, but the flipside has to be an understanding on the part of students, ministers, officials, the public and the media that academics (just like politicians) cannot make everyone happy all of the time.
(5) An analysis of 249 cases of neontal tetanus admitted to Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, between January 1971 and December 1974, has been presented.
(6) The study was also used to assess the educational value of a structured teaching method.
(7) and (4) Compared to the instruction provided by instructors from other medical and academic disciplines, do paediatric residents perceive differences in the teaching efficacy and clinical relevance of instruction provided by paediatricians?
(8) The effect of this curriculum is measured by statistical analysis of resident-generated aesthetic surgery cases in one year following the introduction of this curriculum into the teaching program.
(9) In his notorious 1835 Minute on Education , Lord Macaulay articulated the classic reason for teaching English, but only to a small minority of Indians: “We must do our best to form a class who may be interpreters between us and the millions whom we govern; a class of persons, Indians in blood and colour, but English in taste, in opinions, in morals and in intellect.” The language was taught to a few to serve as intermediaries between the rulers and the ruled.
(10) The department of dietetics at a large teaching hospital has substantially reduced its food and labor costs through use of computerized systems that ensure efficient inventory management, recipe standardization, ingredient control, quantity and quality control, and identification of productive man-hours and appropriate staffing levels.
(11) Although a variety of new teaching strategies and materials are available in education today, medical education has been slow to move away from the traditional lecture format.
(12) The system has been successfully used for 18 months to create directories for a teaching file, for presentations, and for clinical research.
(13) Furthermore, the AMDP-3 scale and its manual constitute a remarkable teaching instrument for psychopathology, not always enough appreciated.
(14) This paper describes a teaching process in which two 4th year medical students learn a family approach to problem solving during a short clerkship of twelve hours spread over four weekly sessions.
(15) The case records of all patients admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric unit of a teaching general hospital between May 1, 1985, and Apr.
(16) A teaching package is described for teaching interview skills to large blocks of medical students whilst on their psychiatric attachment.
(17) A survey into the current usage of tracheal tubes and associated procedures, such as various sedation regimes and antacid therapy, in intensive care units was carried out in Sweden by sending a questionnaire to physicians in charge of intensive care units in 70 acute hospitals which included seven main teaching hospitals.
(18) Teaching procedures then establish and build these key components to fluency.
(19) To date television has not been used very much in teaching diagnostic radiology.
(20) Out-patient treatment, instrumentation and postgraduated teaching is dealt with.