Nev. university adds lifelike pediatric manikins to simulation center

By Grace Da Rocha

Las Vegas Sun

HENDERSON, Nev. — Two students flanked Casey Maurice beside a hospital bed at Touro University, carefully working to intubate a 5-year-old patient while Maurice provided guidance and emphasized crucial techniques — maintaining composure, avoiding contact with the child’s teeth, and ensuring proper tube placement.

Dominique Gillette, a second-year osteopathic medicine student, placed her stethoscope against his chest to listen for vital signs while Payson Broome, her fellow second-year classmate, ventilated the patient’s lungs.

The procedure proceeded smoothly — or would have if this had been an actual medical emergency.

The scenario marked one of the first training sessions using Touro’s advanced new lifelike manikins, which the institution acquired