A cutting-edge training manikin known as SimNewB has been funded by the charitable organisation New Life Special Care Babies and has been named ‘Joshua’ after one of founder Mr Trevor Goodall’s twins.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro requested support for the newborn simulator, which was collaboratively developed with the American Academy of Paediatrics and specifically designed to enhance neonatal resuscitation. Costing £18,400, the manikin will enable staff to hone their clinical skills and techniques, such as airway management.
Ms Jilly Luck, Neonatal Practice Education Lead at the Trust said: “We are excited to be receiving the SimNewB from the New Life charity. Our neonatal unit is one of the leading departments in the Trust for point of care simulation training and the addition of SimNewB will help us deliver more hi spec hi fidelity simulations to our integrated team. I was thrilled when I heard that it was possible to obtain the manikin through New Life. Our nursing and medical team will gain much more insight to realistic simulation training of sick and premature infants with this new doll.”
Mr Goodall said: “I am delighted that we were able to fund the SimNewB. It is one of the most expensive pieces of equipment we have funded this year, thanks to the incredible fundraising that the charity continues to undertake. I know how important this specialist equipment is to staff on neonatal units and what a difference it makes to their job and the care of these tiny premature babies.”
New Life was established 26 years ago after the premature birth and subsequent loss of Mr Goodall’s twin boys. The charity has since achieved the significant milestone of £1 million, benefiting numerous families and hospitals across the UK. It supplies specialist equipment and items to neonatal units across the UK, often for equipment that would otherwise take months to source through the NHS.
The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro have been able to obtain the cutting-edge training manikin, SimNewB, through the charitable organisation New Life Special Care Babies. The ‘Joshua’ manikin, which was collaboratively developed with the American Academy of Paediatrics and cost £18,400, will enable staff to hone their clinical skills and techniques, such as airway management.
Ms Jilly Luck, Neonatal Practice Education Lead at the Trust said: “We are excited to be receiving the SimNewB from the New Life charity. Our neonatal unit is one of the leading departments in the Trust for point of care simulation training and the addition of SimNewB will help us deliver more hi spec hi fidelity simulations to our integrated team.”
Mr Trevor Goodall, founder of New Life, said: “I am delighted that we were able to fund the SimNewB. It is one of the most expensive pieces of equipment we have funded this year, thanks to the incredible fundraising that the charity continues to undertake. I know how important this specialist equipment is to staff on neonatal units and what a difference it makes to their job and the care of these tiny premature babies.”
New Life Special Care Babies, established 26 years ago by Mr. Goodall, has achieved the significant milestone of £1 million, benefiting numerous families and hospitals across the UK. It supplies specialist equipment and items speedily to neonatal units across the UK, often for equipment that would otherwise take months to source through the NHS.
With the NHS under extreme pressure and neonatal units across the UK as busy as ever, the training manikin, SimNewB, funded by New Life Special Care Babies, will help to ensure positive outcomes by enabling staff to hone their clinical skills and techniques on things such as airway management.
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