"Desperate Debra" preps surgeons for tricky C-sections

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Though its makers describe Desperate Debra as "the world's first impacted fetal head simulator," it's perhaps simpler to describe it as a practice dummy for caesarean sections carried out due to the baby's head having become wedged in the mother's pelvis: a situation known as impaction. It's a potentially life-threatening complication and one that is tricky to rectify. Manufacturer of medical simulators Adam,Rouilly has come up with Desperate Debra so that surgeons may practice the procedure... Continue Reading "Desperate Debra" preps surgeons for tricky C-sections

Section: Health and Wellbeing

Tags: Baby, Medical, Model, Simulator, Surgery

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