Abstract: Systems and methods are described which provide a combination of sensors and software to enhance the process of learning how to apply a junctional tourniquet to non-compressible hemorrhages, using a separate force sensing system, providing detailed feedback on the physical process of how the tourniquet was applied, and offering novel flexibility in application and sensing.

Abstract: A system for teaching students to perform medical exams performed with direct manual contact with a body or organ surface. The system includes the following main parts: an anatomical simulator with a simulated surface, one or more sensors in the anatomical simulator, a feedback presentation unit in communication with the one or more sensors, and a software means to assess the performance of the user based on the sensor information. When manual contact is made with the simulated surface of the simulator, the one or more sensors generate signal(s) in response. Performance of the exam on the simulated surface generates a set of signals from the one or more sensors, which are processed by the data acquisition software and used by the feedback presentation unit to provide feedback for the exam.