BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Col. Tim Robinette (left), 374th Medical Group commander stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, reacts to the life-like response of an METI iStan after preforming a needle thoracentesis as Staff Sgt. Yelena Enos (center), 375th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician assigned to Scott AFB, Ill., holds a light to aid vision in a simulated low-light combat situation. Students are introduced to the METI, iStan, patient simulator in preparation for the validation exercise during EMEDS Course training conducted by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks City-Base, Texas, Feb. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

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BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Col. Tim Robinette (far left), 374th Medical Group commander stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, discusses the simulated responses of an METI iStan with Staff Sgt. William Cross (far right), an Expeditionary Medical Support Course Instructor from Brooks City-Base, Texas, during the familiarization phase of EMEDS on Feb. 3. Students are introduced to the METI, iStan, patient simulator in preparation for the validation exercise during EMEDS Course training conducted by the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine. Controlled wirelessly by an instructor, the iStan patient simulator provides true-to-life anatomical articulation; the skin mimics human skin; real chest, heart and bowel sounds; the ability to excrete fluids; along with simulating jugular vein distention and bilateral chest movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

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BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Tech. Sgt. Shonteau Travis, 55th Medical Operations Squadron medical technician, assigned to Offutt AFB, Neb., and Col. Tim Robinette (far left), 374th Medical Group commander assigned to Yokota Air Base, Japan, check the pulse of a METI iStan patient simulator during the Expeditionary Medical Support Course conducted by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Feb. 3. Students are introduced to the METI, iStan, patient simulator in preparation for the validation exercise during EMEDS Course training. Controlled wirelessly by an instructor, the iStan patient simulator provides true to life anatomical articulation, the skin mimics human skin; real chest, heart and bowel sounds; the ability to excrete fluids; along with simulating jugular vein distention and bilateral chest movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

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BROOKS CITY-BASE, Texas -- Capt. Andy Ebert, 374th Medical Operations Squadron orthopedic surgeon stationed at Yokota Air Base, Japan, checks for differences is respirations as an Expeditionary Medical Support Course instructor manipulates an METI IStan patient simulator remotely. Students are introduced to the METI, iStan, patient simulator in preparation for the validation exercise during EMEDS Course training conducted by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks Cty-Base, Texas, Feb. 3. Controlled wirelessly by an instructor, the iStan patient simulator provides true-to-life anatomical articulation; the skin mimics human skin; real chest, heart and bowel sounds; the ability to excrete fluids; along with simulating jugular vein distention and bilateral chest movement. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

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Day 2: Patient simulators provide life-like training

Published Feb. 4, 2009