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Dear Joan
Thank you a lot for sharing your experience. You and other midwives  
confirmed my doubts about it.

Best wishes
Marianne Haueter, Bern

Am 19.09.2006 um 08:46 schrieb Joan Cameron:

> Dear Marianne
>
> We invited the company to come along and give us a demo. We then  
> decided it wasn't suitable for our students. We couldn't get the  
> model to go in different positions and the baby comes out in a  
> straight line, rather than following the curve of the sacrum so it  
> was very unrealistic. We don't have many births that would have  
> women wired up to ECG etc so we decided that it wasn't value for  
> money. P
>
> We also decided not to buy the neonate because it had a fixed jaw  
> and the Newborn Life Support course places a lot of emphasis on  
> head position and jaw thrust. However, I've heard that the company  
> have taken the comments on board and have developed a model with a  
> more flexible jaw. I haven't seen it yet so I can't comment on how  
> effective it is.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Joan Cameron
>
>>>> Marianne Haueter <[log in to unmask]> 18/09/2006 17:11 >>>
> Hello List Members
> I’m a lecture in a Midwifery School.  We are in the process of  
> expanding
> the Skillslab. By this occasion I found a description about a new  
> Birth
> simulator “Computer Interactive NOELLE”. It is expensive (US Dollar
> 19,995.00.
> My question:
> &#61607;	Does anybody have experience with this simulator?
> &#61607;	Is it worth paying so much monney for a simulator?
>
> Thanks for any answers.
>
> Regards Marianne Haueter
>
> Description:
> http://www.gaumard.com/customer/product.php? 
> productid=16351&cat=0&page=
>
> S565 Computer Interactive NOELLE
>    	Includes
> *	Computer interactive NOELLE and full term neonate
> *	Interface modules for ECG, BP/Pulse Ox,
> ultrasound,defibrillation,cardioversion and pacing of NOELLE and  
> neonate.
> *	Two 17 inch touch screen monitors
> *	One computer to control monitors and communicate wirelessly with
> laptop
> One laptop computer to control fetal delivery, the neonate’s  
> condition, and
> the monitors