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<p>PLAINS TWP. &#8212; Victoria blinked her eyes, thanked people for stopping by, screamed &#8220;the baby is coming&#8221; and had what was probably one of the fastest births on record at Geisinger Wyoming Valley.</p><p>And within five minutes of her child Tori&#8217;s introduction to the world, she was nine months pregnant and ready to give birth again.</p><p>&#8220;We can train a team with routine, low-risk events, as well as low frequency, high acuity events we hope not to see,&#8221; Dr. Marcel Favetta said as he introduced Victoria, a &#8220;high fidelity&#8221; birthing simulator the hospital believes will give obstetrics staff members a training in a wide range of birthing situations while in a controlled environment with no real humans at risk.</p><p>Victoria can demonstrate tracking motions with her eyes and give a realistic range of blood pressure readings and rates for heart beat and respiration, Favetta said. The baby can emerge smoothly and quickly as Tori did during Monday&#8217;s brief demonstration, or present with pretty much any real-world complication such as a breech birth, umbilical cord around the neck or shoulder dystocia, when the shoulders get stuck behind the pelvic bone.</p><p>While Favetta did not wait for the delivery of the placenta, he did demonstrate a realistic umbilical cord and showed the faux placenta after it was removed, noting small pieces can be removed exposing a darker red color that would indicate to professionals in the room that part of it remained in the mother, which could be a cause of internal bleeding.</p><p>The options are so numerous, from readings on a realistic telemetry screen to inserting intravenous needles and even to Victoria&#8217;s own comments, that the variety of simulations are &#8220;unlimited,&#8221; nurse Elissa Concini said. And while the Tori that emerges is a simpler automaton that mostly just cries for a few minutes, the hospital also has a high fidelity baby to extend lessons into complications with a newborn infant.</p><p>Victoria may be relatively motionless in bed, but that&#8217; doesn&#8217;t mean she doesn&#8217;t move. &#8220;She is quite portable,&#8221; Favetta said, meaning she can be moved to other locations for additional training. &#8220;She is a bit heavy, though.&#8221;</p><p>Realizing making such a comment about a pregnant women about to give birth might not be politically correct these days, he almost immediately retracted the statement. &#8220;I probably shouldn&#8217;t say she&#8217;s heavy.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Dr. Marcel Favetta and registered nurse Rachel Cunniffe deliver a &#8220;baby&#8221; using the new Victoria birth simulator at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township Monday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021219Birth2-3.jpg</photo0><caption0>Dr. Marcel Favetta and registered nurse Rachel Cunniffe deliver a &#8220;baby&#8221; using the new Victoria birth simulator at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township Monday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger | Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/web1_TTL021219Birth1-3.jpg">
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<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Geisinger unveils new birthing simulator</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Mark Guydish</p><p>mguydish@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Mark Guydish at 570-991-6112 or on Twitter @TLMarkGuydish</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Robots that reproduce? Geisinger unveils new birthing simulator