D&E: Hot water bottle model

Supplies  |  Download assembly instructions  |  Video  |  Example Simulation

 

Hot water bottle model by Emily Fahl, MD, and Julie Gutierrez, MD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.
Questions: info@ryanprogram.org

Supplies 

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  • Small Balloons
  • Dried pasta
    • Casarecce
    • Rigatoni
  • Hot glue
  • Newspaper strips
  • Flour and water paste or Mod Podge
  • Model magic clay
  • Quilting batting
  • Hot water bottles

Download assembly instructions

Simulation Materials

  • Spinal needle and syringe for vasopressin
  • 14 mm suction cannula
  • 8 mm suction cannula
  • Curved mayo scissors
  • Bierer or Sopher forceps
  • Hegar dilators
  • Ring forcep
  • Allis
  • Gauze
  • Kidney basin
  • Red rubber catheter

Video

Video includes assembly instructions and example simulation (total run time 07:49 min)

Example Simulation (02:44 in video)

  • Patient with IUFD at 19 weeks
  • Trainee provides patient counseling
  • Procedure is performed using model
  • Complications management such as hemorrhage