Infant Hip Examination Trainer

OVERVIEW

• Quick and easy to set up
• Durable model that allows for repeated training using the Barlow and Ortolani manoeuvres
• Normal hip module – allows trainees to understand the haptics of a normal hip
• Abnormal hip module - one hip that is dislocated and can be manoeuvred into the correct position using the Barlow or Ortolani technique and one dis-locatable or ‘lax’ hip that can be dislocated when using the Barlow or Ortolani technique
• Articulating knee and ankle joints mean the baby’s feet can be placed flat on a bed replicating the Galeazzi sign

REALISM

• Realistic ‘clunk’ can be felt when resetting the dislocated hip
• Anatomically accurate 1 month old female infant

VERSATILITY

• Interchangeable lower modules allow trainees to recognize normal hips as well as two types of abnormal hip

SAFETY

• Latex-Free

ANATOMY

• Palpable greater trochanter on the left and right femurs to aid correct hand placement
• Articulating hip, knee and ankle joints for the Barlow and Ortolani manoeuvres and Galeazzi sign

SKILLS GAINED

• Performing the Ortolani test
• Performing the Barlow manoeuvre
• Recognising the Galeazzi sign