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 Northern Simulation Symposium - 2017

This is the resources page for the presentation I gave at the Northern Simulation Symposium on 27 April 2017, entitled "Innovate! Materials and Methods for Healthcare Simulation."

The main theme of my presentation is that to innovate in simulation we must expand our repertoire of materials and methods. Without a sufficently broad base to draw from we will tend to use inappropriate or ineffective materials and methods in our search for a solution to a problem. A secondary theme is that we often don't innovate insomuch as we renovate and resuscitate. In the remainder of my presentation I quickly covered a variety of materials that can be used in healthcare simulation. For more about this, see my PowerPoint presentation (as a PDF) below.

I've included links to available resources on the internet and have given a short description of each link. If you have any questions send me an email (see my contact page).

Here are some resources from my presentation:

• Innovate! Materials and Methods for Healthcare Simulation My PowerPoint Presentation as PDF.
• Casualty Simulation Techniques Guide This has information concerning gelatin, silicone, mold-making, and much more. Free to download.
• Handbook for Healthcare Simulation Operations Specialists The chapters to this handbook are posted as each becomes available. See the Mannequin Moulage chapter for information about materials and methods.
• Sculpture Supply Canada I have purchased from this company for several years and they are friendly and knowledgable. They carry most of the items listed below.
• Brick in the yard YouTube Channel Brick in the yard supplies casting materials, mold supplies, silicone, and many other materials for special effects, artists and much more. They have an excellent series of videos about mold making and using the various materials that they sell. Good information, proper techniques; highly recommended.
• The Versatile Silicone Toolbox More than you probably need or want to know about silicone. Excellent resource for understanding this amazing material.
• USG USG is the maker of UltrCal 30, a gypsum product used for making high-strength stone molds. Stone plate molds are the easiest molds to make especially if you are a beginner. Please read the information on using this product before starting. If you want to make slush casts use No. 1 Pottery Plaster.
• Smooth-On Silicones and more Smooth-On is a manufacturer of a variety of silicones, additives, and modifiers. The company website features lots of information and DIY videos.
• Pros-Aide Prosthetic Adhesive One of the best prosthetic adhesives available. Can be used to seal prosthetics and make PAX (Pros-Aide and LiquiteX) paint. Read the product literature before using.
• Water-Melon Products by Michael Davy. This product is an excellent latex substitute for sealing prosthetics. You can also slush cast it to make simple, lightweight prosthetics.
• Liquitex Acrylic Paints Mix 1:1 with Pros-Aide to make PAX paint. For basic wound and flesh colours I suggest starting with Liquitex Heavy in 2oz. tubes in the following colours: Naphthol Red Light, Cobalt Blue Hue, Parchment, Red Oxide, and Yellow Oxide. The reason I suggest heavy is that this line has the greatest number of colours.

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