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• The Program's objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals to meet the public health preparedness and emergency response demands resulting from acts of bioterrorism and other incidents.

Interactive organs

Virtual IV

Suffice to mention here that ISU Nursing is experienced in using such simulations. It also routinely uses the Virtual I.V.™ for training intravenous catheterization (Figure 1). 3D graphics provide visual realism, while a state-of-the-art force feedback device accurately simulates the sense of touch and on-screen virtual patients respond with bleeding, bruising, swelling, as well as other patho-physiological reactions. The instructors using this simulator claim that it is definitely one of their most effective tool in their teaching arsenal. One of the goals of IBAPP is to verify experimentally such claims.

Figure 1: Virtual I.V.™ at ISU Nursing Department