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IN TRIAGE: Mindy Voigt, left, a junior in the OHSU School of Nursing program at EOU,
helps Shelly Vander Velden adjust another SimMan's responses. One listen to his
chest through a stethoscope tells them this patient is in bad shape. "It makes me so
much more comfortable with real life situations," said Voigt. By using the mannequins,
Velder hopes the students will gain a better sense of how to interact with patients.
For example, when learning how to insert an IV drip, should the student miss the vein,
SimMan will react with an abrupt "Ouch!"