Amnio Abby® - Ultrasound Guided Invasive Procedures Simulator
Brand: Adam Rouilly
SKU AR60
Skills
- A range of easy and more difficult procedures can be experienced by varying fetal position, abdominal layers, amniotic fluid volume and placental position enhancing simulation for both new trainees and experienced clinicians
- Visualisation under ultrasound of key anatomical structures including abdominal wall, placenta, fetus, umbilical cord and amniotic fluid
- Identification of a suitable needle entry point in the simulated abdomen
- Monitoring of the needle path under
- real-time ultrasound guidance
- Successful withdrawl of an amniotic fluid sample
- Transplacental needle approach simulation (via placement of the placenta and adjustment of the amniotic volume)
- Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) procedures
- Clinical planning and team work before, during and after invasive procedures
- Patient communication
Supplementing Invasive Procedures Competency
- As Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) and other techniques reduce the need for amniocentesis and other ultrasound guided diagnostic procedures, trainees and operator skills can be enhanced using this realistic simulator
- To remain proficient, guidelines state “competency should be maintained by carrying out at least 30 ultrasound guided invasive procedures per annum”1
- Amnio Abby® can help operators to have sufficient confidence to perform more advanced techniques such as cordocentesis and intrafetal procedures that will continue to be required even with the decline in diagnostic invasive tests
1 Professor Z Alfirevic FRCOG, Mr SA Walkinshaw FRCOG and Professor MD Kilby FRCOG. (2010). Amniocentesis and Chorionic Villus Sampling, Green–top Guideline No. 8. London. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, pp. 5 - 6