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Engaged American troops suffering injuries to the extremities are best treated with regional anesthesia, which renders only a portion of the body, such as a limb, insensate. However, it is possible for long-lasting damage to occur when regional anesthesia is improperly applied, and a training system is needed that teaches anesthesiologist all aspects of regional anesthesia application. The system must be accurate, intuitive, and convenient. Energid Technologies is developing just such a training system for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. It includes instructional content in a standard, configurable framework and immersive simulation of procedures to reinforce the instructional content. An anesthesiologist will practice in a simulated virtual environment with visual, tactile, and auditory feedback, and validation of the content will be supported by surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since the trainer needs to be accessible to all applicable medical personnel (wherever they might be stationed), it will be small and compact. To create the proposed system, Energid will leverage its existing medical simulation technology.
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