Meet Diesel, the star of TCC’s new immersive anesthesia simulation for vet techs [Video]

NORFOLK, Va. — The students in the Veterinary Technology Program at Tidewater Community College now have a new innovative tool to help them learn how to do surgery on animals who are under anesthesia.

The program’s new immersive anesthesia simulation now features canine simulator, Diesel. He breathes, has a heartbeat and responds to the surgical process in real time. 

Medical training programs have used patient simulators for decades, but that option hasn’t always existed for future veterinarians.

 Military officials use canine simulators, like Diesel, to train on the battlefield.

“You can attach an amputated leg to his body, and he can bleed out of the leg and you have to tourniquet it. He’s got multiple wounds and lacerations that you can make appear,” said Noah Meyers, Clinical Vet Tech Instructor at TCC.

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