The Medical Crises Are Real, But the Patients Are Not

December 8, 2015

(Washington Post) – Although allergic reactions can be life-threatening, Bowen never worried that her patient would die — because he was not alive. He was one of a growing number of high-tech, lifelike manikins that the George Washington University School of Nursing in Ashburn uses to train students. The most sophisticated manikins can talk and move their eyes, said Patty Davis, director of the school’s Skills and Simulation Lab. They have pulses, and their lungs make realistic sounds, she said.