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Headline: Company Create Lifelike Medical Robot Boy

Caption: A company have created a lifelike medical robot boy that breathes, has a pulse and even bleeds. The synthetic child - named Pediatric HAL® S2225 - also has realistic facial expressions to give clues to his level of comfort. Miami-based Gaumard Scientific Company explain: "A young child may have trouble explaining medical symptoms – yet a quick look at his facial expressions can reveal much about anxiety and pain." HAL expessions include anger, transient pain, ongoing pain, amazed, quizzical, worried, anxious, crying, and yawning. Described as the world's most advanced wireless and tetherless mobile pediatric patient simulator, HAL is designed to help health care students and professionals at all levels develop the specialised skills needed to effectively communicate with, diagnose, and treat young patients throughout the continuum of care. "HAL's responsive features set a new standard for training across the pre-hospital, transport, emergency, nursing, and intensive care settings," say Gaumard. Pediatric HAL introduces a host of new technologies including active robotics, which allows it to simulate nearly a dozen facial expressions, including anxiety, anger, amazement, ongoing and transient pain, and more. For the first time in pediatric simulation, HAL will offer clinical educators a solution for developing learners' communication skills and empathy through immersive patient-provider communication simulation experiences. "Good communication skills are essential for diagnosing and treating children, yet until now, learners and clinicians haven't had a pediatric simulator that interacts with them in a realistic, lifelike way," John Eggert, executive vice president of Gaumard Scientific Company, says. "With Pediatric HAL, you can practice handling difficult situations, such as how to communicate a serious medical diagnosis to a young child." Mr Eggert continues: "Pediatric HAL raises the bar in anatomical and physiological fidelity, allowing participants to practice in-situ using real equipment and employ clinically accurate techniques. Participants can perform a full range of emergency procedures including surgical airway, needle decompression, and chest tube thoracostomy with the highest degree of realism. It's the closest experience to real world pediatric emergency care available today." Gaumard say they recognise "that every second counts in pediatric emergency medicine and critical care. That is why Pediatric HAL is completely wireless and tetherless to ensure the continuum of care is never interrupted even as he is moved from outside the hospital to the emergency room and pediatric intensive care."

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