Arterial pulsation on a human patient simulator improved students’ pulse assessment英文文献资料.docVIP

J. Biomedical Science and Engineering, 2012, 5, 285-289 JBiSE /10.4236/jbise.2012.55036 Published Online May 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jbise/) Arterial pulsation on a human patient simulator improved students’ pulse assessment Akihiro Takeuchi , Tomomi Kobayashi , Minoru Hirose , Takashi Masuda , Toshiro Sato , 1 1 2 3 1 Noriaki Ikeda 1 1 2 3 Department of Medical Informatics, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan Department of Medical Safety Engineering, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan Department of Rehabilitation, School of Allied Health Sciences, Kitasato University, Sagamihara, Japan Email: take@kitasato-u.ac.jp, ce08714e@st.kitasato-u.ac.jp, hirose@kitasato-u.ac.jp, tak9999@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp, toshiro_sato@jcom.home.ne.jp, ikeda@kitasato-u.ac.jp Received 28 February 2012; revised 17 March 2012; accepted 5 April 2012 ABSTRACT (ECG) and Holter monitoring to determine the type, pre- cise palpation of the arterial pulse helps in diagnosing arrhythmias, even asymptomatic ones, and is also neces- sary to determine blood flow adequacy. Although it is simple for medical staff to understand the importance of palpation, many undergraduate students do not realize their arterial pulses as cardiovascular events and how they are related to their own physiology. There is likely dissociation between their knowledge and reality. Hands- on experience of their own normal pulse and pulses of arrhythmias, even with virtual reality devices, should deepen their understanding of cardiovascular physiology. Development of human patient simulators (HPSs) be- gan in the late 1960s and accelerated in the late 1980s and early 1990s [3]. HPSs are used at medical ce