Manikin setup – Laerdal SimMan Essential User Manual
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Manikin Setup
System Setup
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Manikin Setup
Manikin Setup
Open the manikin torso for the following procedures:
ATTACHING OR REPLACING LIMBS
• Attaching or disassembling the manikin legs and arms.
• Exchanging default arms for optional IV or trauma arms.
MAINTENANCE TASKS
• Changing the manikin batteries.
• Replacing the pneumothorax bladders, chest-rise bladders, lung bladders, IO modules and chest drain modules.
• Replacing the torso skin.
• For general inspection.
OPENING THE TORSO SKIN
Note: DO NOT disconnect the tubes and cables connecting the stomach foam to the manikin.
3 Fold the torso skin over to one side.
4 Open the stomach foam to one side. Take care not to tug
on the connected tubes and cables.
1 Unzip the zippers on the left shoulder and side of the
manikin torso.
2 Remove the genitalia pad and release the skin flap from
the pelvis.
To replace the stomach foam and close the torso skin, perform steps 1- 4 in reverse.