Memo To Neonatal Hospital - Stop Practicing On Cats And Ferrets Animal drills are needless, given access to infant simulators that better replicate a newborn’s airway. That’s why over 90 percent of U.S. pediatrics residency programs rely on human-focused simulators alone. Intubation exercises cause animals to bleed, swell and scar. Their lungs can collapse. Improperly routed tubes even kill them. It is simply pointless to reduce any animal’s life to isolation, pain and death. Plus, human safety is at risk when future practitioners learn outdated methods. Take Action! via Kinship Circle

Memo To Neonatal Hospital - Stop Practicing On Cats And Ferrets

Animal drills are needless, given access to infant simulators that better replicate a newborn’s airway. That’s why over 90 percent of U.S. pediatrics residency programs rely on human-focused simulators alone.

Intubation exercises cause animals to bleed, swell and scar. Their lungs can collapse. Improperly routed tubes even kill them. It is simply pointless to reduce any animal’s life to isolation, pain and death. Plus, human safety is at risk when future practitioners learn outdated methods.

Take Action!

via Kinship Circle

7 months ago
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