SimMan Essential – Improve core skills in emergency care

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Product overview

Core skills · Scenario control · Team rehearsal

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Product overview

SimMan Essential supports scenario-based emergency-care training in which learners practise assessment, clinical decisions and coordinated interventions. It allows multidisciplinary teams to repeat common patient situations and uncommon critical events before encountering them in clinical work.

  • LLEAP provides control of simulator physiology and supports manual operation or prepared scenarios.
  • Reproducible cases help instructors compare performance and focus debriefing on specific learning objectives.
  • The robust platform supports classroom and field-based simulation.
  • Compatible options can extend training into ventilation management, ultrasound and clinical patient-monitor integration; confirm the capabilities of the selected configuration.
  • SimMan Essential Bleeding is a separate variant intended for programmes requiring an internal bleeding system for trauma scenarios.

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Product features

Running simulation with EMS or military teams?

Running simulation with EMS or military teams?

For specialist training with military and EMS teams, we recommend SimMan Essential Bleeding which incorporates an internal bleeding system. This offers unique benefits for field-based trauma training.

Options and configuration

Check the selected simulator package, operating equipment and optional integrations.

ASL 5000 Lung Solution

Compatible option or accessory

ASL 5000 Lung Solution

Conduct training with a spontaneously breathing patient supported on a ventilator.

Laerdal Scenario Cloud

Compatible option or accessory

Laerdal Scenario Cloud

Find hundreds of high-quality, expert-validated scenarios made ready for you.

LLEAP

Compatible option or accessory

LLEAP

Gain complete control to plan, run and assess your simulation training.

Laerdal-SonoSim Ultrasound Solution 2.0

Compatible option or accessory

Laerdal-SonoSim Ultrasound Solution 2.0

Designed to integrate diagnostic ultrasound into simulations.

VitalsBridge

Compatible option or accessory

VitalsBridge

Bridging the gap between simulation and real patient monitors.

Specifications

Expand or collapse each specification group below. Functions and accessories depend on the selected product configuration; optional items and version requirements are identified where specified.

Airway features
  • CO2 exhalation
  • Airway complications (instructor controlled)
  • Auscultation of lung sounds
  • CricothyrotomyNeedle, Surgical
  • Endotracheal tubes – insertion, securing and care
  • Individual lung or bilateral sound selection
  • Inflatable tongue edemaTwo level
  • Instructor controlled mechanical airway closure
  • IntubationOral, Nasal, Digital
  • Laryngospasm
  • Lung sounds, synchronized with breathing rate
  • Needle chest decompressionBilateral mid clavicular
  • Oral and nasal fiberoptic intubation
  • Oxygen delivery procedures
  • Pharyngeal obstruction
  • Realistic chest rise and fall
  • Retrograde intubation
  • Right mainstem intubation
  • Sellick maneuver
  • Stomach auscultation to verify proper positioning
  • Stomach decompression
  • Suctioning techniques
  • Supraglotic airways (LMA, LTA and Combitube)
  • Tracheostomy care and suctioning
  • Trans-tracheal jet ventilation
  • Ventilation sensor
  • Increased left/right lung resistance
  • Chest tube insertion
  • Foreign-body airway obstruction
  • Supraglotic airways
  • NPA/OPA insertion
Blood pressure / pulses
  • Adjustable BP levels (Systolic/Diastolic)
  • Adjustable heart rate
  • Adjustable pulse strength
  • Auscultative gap, with on/off feature
  • Blood pressure auscultation
  • Brachial pulses
  • Carotid pulse check sensors
  • Carotid pulse during compressions
  • Korotkoff sounds, synchronized with ECG
  • Pulse strengths dependent on blood pressure
  • Carotid pulse
  • Blood pressure/pulses
  • Pulse oximeter SpO2
  • Synchronized pulse (w/ECG)
Circulation
  • Auscultation of heart sounds
  • Auto conversion of ECG w/defibrillation
  • Defibrillation sensors
  • ECG monitoring
  • Instructor controlled ECG rhythm
  • Pacing
  • Heart sounds, synchronized with ECG
Circulatory skills and IV drug administration
  • IM injections
  • Realistic Flashback
  • Volume infusion
CPR
  • Anatomical landmarks
  • Compression measurement and feedback
  • Detailed CPR evaluation
  • Ventilation measurement and feedback
  • Abdominal thrust (Heimlich maneuver)
  • Chest compression
  • Head tilt/chin lift measurement and feedback
  • Bag valve mask ventilations
Catheterization
  • Complete urinary catheterization
Simulation administration
  • Create and edit scenarios
  • Create and edit themes
  • Event logging
  • Instructor PCOptional
  • Log
  • Pre-programmed scenarios
  • Preset patient state levels
  • Simulated patient monitorOptional
  • Web cameraOptional
  • Laptop
  • PC connectivity
  • WiFi operation
Extrication / Immobilization
  • Extrication
  • Immobilization
Ultrasound
  • Torso skin with LS tagsSold separately
Eye features
  • Blinking eyelids
  • Interchangeable Pupils
  • Reactive Eyes
Vocal sounds
  • Live vocal sounds (wireless or wired mic)
  • Vocal sounds
Wounds / Trauma
  • Optional Trauma Module set
  • Simulated blood
Gastrointestinal
  • Auscultation of bowel sounds – normal / abnormal
  • Nasoenteric and esophageal tubes – insertion, care, and removal
Gender, age, size
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Full-body manikin
  • Male
Scenario Cloud and scenariocloud.laerdal.com Courseware
  • Scenario Cloud
Educational Services (optional)
  • Custom scenario programming
  • Customized introduction
  • Introduction course
  • Scenario programming course
  • Update course
Debriefing
  • Debriefing through recorded events
  • Video debriefing
Technical Services (optional)
  • Extended warranty
  • Installation
  • Preventive maintenance
  • ValuePlus package
Other
  • Bends at waist
  • Denture care
  • Sits unassisted
  • SpO2 saturation
  • Full range of motion

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Product Downloads

English-language manuals and product documents selected for this product.

SimMan Essential Patient Simulator — User Guide ↓PDFSimMan Essential Sell Sheet ↓PDFSimMan Essential and SimMan Essential Bleeding – Declaration of Conformity EU and Australia ↓PDFSimMan Essential and SimMan Essential Bleeding – Declaration of Conformity EU and Australia ↓PDFUser Guide, SimMan Ess w/active eyes ↓Online resourceUser Guide, SimMan Essential English ↓Online resourceUser Guide, SimMan Essential IE ↓Online resourceView product support and downloads ↗

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