BillyJoe
21st January 2008, 06:07 AM
Every doctor should have one.
http://www.3bscientific.com/imagelibrary/W11200_l/patient-care/W11200_l_benny-the-anatomical-teddy.jpg
Or should they???
"Benny" The Anatomical Teddy®
Does this problem sound familiar: You try to explain to a small patient facing surgery why an operation has to be done and where the organ to be operated on is located, but all you look into is a pair of blank and frightened eyes?
Benny is a hand-made teddy bear and will help you and your little patients to explore the methods of examination and surgery in an easily comprehensible way!
The teddy contains especially finely crafted removable organs some of which can be fastened with a Velcro strip. This gives the patient a better understanding of their own body.
Some of the organs in and on the teddy are provided with a Velcro strip: Ears with auditory canals, 2 tonsils, windpipe, heart, lung, liver, gall bladder, spleen, digestive system with oesophagus; stomach, bowels, appendix, anus, pancreas, urinary system; kidney, ureter, refillable bladder, urethra with an exit for catherisation or bladder x-ray.
• The zipper on the stomach can be opened from the top or bottom and simulates an operation of
the abdomen and chest
• The bones of the legs and arms can be demonstrated by opening the zippers
• Spine, chest and ribs are palpable
• Artificial blood (in the form of fruit tea) can be put into 2 tubes in the arm and hand and
withdrawn with a cannula
Benny is washable and his fur is made of a flame retardant polyester fiber which gives him an extra soft and fluffy touch.
He is used mainly in doctors’ offices, hospitals, schools, kindergartens etc.
Accessories: pantsuit, scarf, surgeon’s gown.
...but no genitalia!
Despite lots of kiddy patholgy needing surgery being in this area.
http://www.3bscientific.com/imagelibrary/W11200_l/patient-care/W11200_l_benny-the-anatomical-teddy.jpg
Or should they???
"Benny" The Anatomical Teddy®
Does this problem sound familiar: You try to explain to a small patient facing surgery why an operation has to be done and where the organ to be operated on is located, but all you look into is a pair of blank and frightened eyes?
Benny is a hand-made teddy bear and will help you and your little patients to explore the methods of examination and surgery in an easily comprehensible way!
The teddy contains especially finely crafted removable organs some of which can be fastened with a Velcro strip. This gives the patient a better understanding of their own body.
Some of the organs in and on the teddy are provided with a Velcro strip: Ears with auditory canals, 2 tonsils, windpipe, heart, lung, liver, gall bladder, spleen, digestive system with oesophagus; stomach, bowels, appendix, anus, pancreas, urinary system; kidney, ureter, refillable bladder, urethra with an exit for catherisation or bladder x-ray.
• The zipper on the stomach can be opened from the top or bottom and simulates an operation of
the abdomen and chest
• The bones of the legs and arms can be demonstrated by opening the zippers
• Spine, chest and ribs are palpable
• Artificial blood (in the form of fruit tea) can be put into 2 tubes in the arm and hand and
withdrawn with a cannula
Benny is washable and his fur is made of a flame retardant polyester fiber which gives him an extra soft and fluffy touch.
He is used mainly in doctors’ offices, hospitals, schools, kindergartens etc.
Accessories: pantsuit, scarf, surgeon’s gown.
...but no genitalia!
Despite lots of kiddy patholgy needing surgery being in this area.