Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post
In combat lifesaver training, we used some of those "modern training dummies" to practice giving someone an IV. They don't even begin to simulate giving an IV to a living being. Damned near everyone got the IV stick on the dummy correctly, time after time.

On live fellow soldiers, however, it was a different story. I think everyone in that class had at least one bruise from improper sticks, and that was healthy, well hydrated people. Not someone who was dying from blood loss and massive trauma.

Dummies just don't simulate well enough, and I think there might be some real issues with recruiting if we started using trainees as live practice for gunshot wounds.
When I was in Nursing School, we did practice on the dummy arm first, then a classmate. However, there is a limit to what you can do or not do to another human being.

Would you have all med students and nursing students go out and shoot pigs just so they could get some experience?

I took ACLS classes and learned enough using a dummy that I was able to intubate and start jugular IVs on real people.