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HomeGrown Solution: Helping Hands: Cost Effective Pediatric Simulation

Title

Helping Hands: Cost Effective Pediatric Simulation

Submitted by

Cassie Burks, Alissa Parrish

HomeGrown Solution Number

451

Category

Equipment

Identification of the Problem

Pediatric IV insertion is an important skill to practice. Nursing students have limited access to pediatric insertion opportunities because of clinical restrictions. Additionally, pediatric simulators are not only costly but also require extended lab hours to accommodate all students.

Unique Idea

Helping Hands is an affordable pediatric IV simulator designed to allow all students to practice IV insertion simultaneously. These simulators are easy to assemble using readily available supplies. When a student successfully inserts an IV into the Helping Hands simulator, they receive immediate blood flashback. To maintain realism and prevent blood spillage, the student must promptly connect the cathlon to the INT, enhancing the fidelity of the training experience.

Objectives

  • Share how to create a cost effective pediatric IV simulator that allows for simultaneous IV insertion opportunities for large student groups.
  • Student learning outcome: Demonstrate appropriate IV insertion techniques in the pediatric patient.

Supplies/Ingredients

  1. Long balloons
  2. Child gloves (extra small)
  3. Simulated blood
  4. Sand
  5. Funnel
  6. Large syringe
  7. Intermittent intravenous access device (INT)
  8. Scissors
  9. Container for sand

Steps to Creating the Solution

1. Gather supplies.

2. Fill balloons with simulated blood (we like using a large syringe & an INT).

3. Tie balloon.

4. Twist balloon in the middle to create pressure on each end.

5. Insert balloon into glove.

6. Insert sand into glove using a funnel.

7. Bring vein (balloon) towards glove surface.

8. Tie glove.

Image

Overhead view of a tabletop with a plastic bin filled with sand, a clear measuring pitcher, balloons, blue disposable gloves, a red tube, a syringe with dark liquid, and a box of kids’ nitrile gloves arranged around the bin. A person’s hand holds a syringe filled with dark red liquid attached to a long red tube, positioned on a blue medical pad with a blue glove visible in the corner. Two hands twist a red tube over a blue medical pad, with a blue glove lying nearby. A person pours sand from a clear container into a blue glove positioned in a plastic bin filled with sand, with another blue glove resting nearby on a blue pad. A hand presses on a sand-filled blue glove with a small tube inserted into it, showing a drop of red liquid near the entry point.

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