The BRONCH - a flexible, all inclusive, and highly reactive training environment
The BRONCH flexible configuration supports real life options such as lateral and posterior working positions, oral or nasal scope introduction, various classification methods (for bronchial segments, lymph nodes etc.), and team or solo practice. A variety of virtual patient cases exhibiting realistic all-inclusive patient behavior enable training and assessment of patient management during elective, ICU and emergency situations.

Using the BRONCH, the trainee is provided with a training opportunity covering the full extent of the bronchoscopic procedure, yet allowing for gradual and controlled simultaneity thus optimizing the individual learning curve of each trainee.

 


The BRONCH user has at his disposal:

  • Realistic simulation environment, incorporating authentic scope with tactile feedback and simulated physics, flexible working setup, and a full screen mode in which display is restricted to content available during a real procedure.
  • True to life patient environment consisting of virtual
    patient cases modeled after real patients, with varying anatomies and diverse pathologies. Each patient environment exhibits simulated physiology including larynx contraction, breathing and coughing, and individual attributes such as difficult to sedate, being prone to bleeding etc.
  • The highly reactive simulation incorporates reactive vital signs and consciousness level affected by virtual patient characteristics and user actions, as well as reactive complications, such as pneumothorax, hypoxemia, bleeding, hypotension, hypertension arrhythmia and more.
  • Comprehensive ongoing patient management including conscious sedation administration with varying affect on virtual patients, topical anesthesia administration and influence, oxygen supplement and complete patient monitoring.
  • Educational aids enhancing 3D perception and anatomical knowledge such as external visualization, anatomy atlas, internal orientation aids, anatomy labels, etc.
  • Educational environment promoting safe and efficient performance including real time guidance warnings and alerts, tutorials and video clips and comprehensive performance metrics.
  • The instructor can conveniently control the availability of various educational aids for the trainees, and monitor their individual progress. Elaborate performance metrics allow for retrospect and evaluation after each performance, and effective evaluation of different bronchoscopic skills, patient management and clinical performance is easily accessible at all times.


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