Adam,Rouilly is well known as a leading supplier of simulators for medical education, and that includes T Level courses.
T Level qualifications come with funding for specialist equipment to ensure students receive realistic, practical training that fully prepares them for their future careers in healthcare. But knowing what items to buy, within the budgets available, can be difficult.
So with that in mind, and to coincide with T Levels Week (Dec 2 to Dec 6), we’ve put together a list of our top seven simulators and task trainers ideally suited for T Level teaching.
The items assist with all aspects of the curriculum in health and healthcare science T Levels including adult nursing, midwifery, person-centred care, supporting health and wellbeing, anatomy, care of children and young people, microbiology, immunology and more.
If you need help or advice on the best medical equipment for healthcare T Levels, or with setting up a teaching simulation suite, check out our BESPOKE GUIDE OF SIMULATORS REQUIRED FOR T LEVELS, or contact our knowledgeable team.
1.Nurse Training Manikins – Full Body Bedford Dolls
Adam,Rouilly’s best-selling Bedford Nurse Training Dolls facilitate the teaching of a wide range of basic to advanced nursing procedures, from head to toe.
From essential patient handling, dressing and care to advanced intramuscular injection, tracheostomy, catheterisation and enteral feeding, the Bedford Doll is the perfect full body patient manikin.
The soft, pliable and washable skin provides a uniquely real hands-on learning experience and ensures years of reliable service.
Some of the doll’s unique features include:
- Mouth and nose for nasogastric feeding, aspiration and stomach irrigation
- Ears for aural hygiene
- Full range of movement through neck, shoulder, waist, elbow, wrist, hip, knee and ankle
- Suprapubic, vagina and penis openings for catheterisation
- Rectum for enemas
- Washable rooted nylon hair
- Moulded colostomy stoma for stoma care
- Soft feet with separate flexible toes
- Replaceable intramuscular injection pads
- Tracheostomy for draining, cleaning and dressing
- Eyes for washing and administering eye drops
- Stomach reservoir for nasogastric feeding
- Interchangeable male and female genitalia
The Bedford Doll is available in male and female, light and dark skin.
2. Nurse Training Manikins – Child Nursing Dolls
Our Child Nursing Dolls are an excellent option for the childcare elements of T Level courses as they facilitate the teaching of a wide range of paediatric nursing procedures.
The lifelike model of a three-year-old child is made from a special plastic with durable joint mechanisms for natural movement.
It allows for the learning of general and specific skills including dressing and undressing, daily body care, positioning, enema, catheterisation and feeding, injections and infusions, dressing and removal of sutures, PEG, stoma and tracheostomy care and supra-pubic puncture of bladder, including removal and care.
Features include:
- Interchangeable abdominal wall allowing child to be male or female
- Female abdominal wall with appendectomy scar
- Male abdominal wall hernia operation scar
- Abdominal walls equipped with stoma and openings for PEG and supra-pubic bladder puncture
- Right arm can be changed for an IV injection arm
- Upper arms and thighs provided with injection pads
The Child Nursing Doll is available in light, dark and Asian.
3. Simulation Suits – Age Simulation
The Age Simulation Suit is a unique wearable empathy kit which simulates the changes that take place in the bones, joints, sight and hearing, as a result of the ageing process.
This is an ideal simulator for teaching care of the elderly. The wearer of the simulation suit will experience restricted movement, as well as reduced vision and hearing.
Features include:
- Elbow and knee joint restrictors to simulate movement difficulties
- Gloves and finger restrictors reducing sense of touch and the ability to grasp
- Wrist and ankle weights to simulate weakened muscular power
- Back brace to replicate stooped posture specific to ageing
- Ear-plugs which block high frequency sounds simulating age-related hearing loss
- Goggles to simulate loss of peripheral vision and change in visual function due to cataracts
- Folding walking stick to demonstrate how a person with reduced mobility supports themselves
The Age Simulation Suit kit includes several sets of gloves and ear plugs and comes in a handy storage bag for easy transportation and deployment.
4. Vital Signs – Blood Pressure Simulator
We offer a range of simulators for the demonstration and practise of blood pressure measurement techniques and anatomical study. Blood pressure checking is an essential skill across all areas of healthcare.
It is a core T Level skill and effective teaching can help resolve common uncertainties students have when learning about blood pressure management.
The realistic Blood Pressure Simulator provides an excellent means to practise listening to, and distinguishing, blood pressure sounds – it is possible to audibly discern the five Korotkoff phases using the device.
Features include:
- Any combination of systolic and diastolic pressures can be pre-set easily into the control unit
- The instructor can control the pulse rate and volume level
- Pressures activated at release valve by student
- Real blood pressure sounds reproduced from recordings
- Pressures read directly from sphygmomanometer
- Manual calibration button allowing the unit to be used with any type of sphygmomanometer other than the one provided
5. Vital Signs – Digital Glucometer Simulator
This helps students learn about blood glucose monitoring, diabetes management and anatomical study, which is another core element of the T Levels curriculum.
We developed the GlucoHand® – Glucometer Simulator in collaboration with Nina Godson, Assistant Professor and Lead for Clinical Skills at Coventry University.
It was created in recognition of the rising prevalence of diabetes, which affects some 415 million people globally.
The easy-to-use simulator aids the understanding and teaching of blood sampling and the interpretation of glucose level data and its implications in treatment planning.
Features include:
- Patient communication
- Can be pre-set to low, normal, high or randomised readings
- A realistic adult hand, cast from life, with two refillable finger blood pads
- Aseptic technique around blood handling
- Blood samples can be drawn and measured using the reusable blood glucose test strips
- 20 reusable simulated blood glucose test strips included
- Blood refill kit concentrate to make 100ml of artificial blood
- Water based lubricant.
The GlucoHand® is available in light and dark skin tones.
6. Clinical Skills Simulators – Injection, Venepuncture, Cannulation & Infusion Arm
Cast from life, our realistic Injection, Venepuncture, Cannulation & Infusion Arm has pronounced veins in the antecubital fossa region of the forearm and the back of the hand.
The skin is moulded from a specially selected grade of silicone for improved feel, durability and palpitation of the veins. It has a flexible wrist for added realism.
It’s easy to set up and the closed blood system means it is also easy to clean and can be used many times before a replacement skin is required.
The injection arm is an excellent aid for hands-on learning of techniques including administering IV injections and infusions, intravenous cannulation, application of dressings and withdrawal of blood using syringe or vacutainer.
Features include:
- A realistic sensation when the skin and vein are penetrated
- A realistic ‘flashback’ of artificial blood confirms correct needle location in the vein
- Continuous vein system, and innovative two bottle sealed blood assembly, greatly reducing the risk of leakage
- Working veins, which can be identified from the ‘blind veins’ by palpation, made from a material with self-sealing characteristics that can be penetrated many times
- Automatic pressure relief valve
- Replacement skins and veins are simple to fit
The arm is available in light and dark.
7. Anatomical Models – Pelvis with Uterus in the Ninth Month of Pregnancy
We offer a wide selection of SOMSO® anatomical models including all body systems including embryonic development and birth models to enhance learning experiences in antenatal and midwifery skills.
This lifelike SOMSO® model shows the female pelvis and uterus with the foetus in the ninth month of pregnancy.
It’s made from the incredibly durable and recyclable SOMSO-PLAST® and is ideal for demonstrating the final stages of pregnancy.
Features include:
- Natural size
- Right half of the female pelvis in median section
- Removable foetus
The Pelvis with Uterus Model is available in light and dark.
Your T Level teaching equipment provider
As quality providers of medical training solutions, we can support schools and colleges offering T Levels in health and healthcare science.
We can advise on the best medical teaching equipment and anatomical models for your specific course, and help set up simulation suites for more comprehensive learning experiences.
