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: >  Does anybody have experience with this simulator? >  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