Usefulness of a low-cost simulation model for teaching internal manual aortic compression. A survey-based mannequin evaluation.

Objective: To evaluate the users' opinion on internal manual aortic compression (IMAC) training, using a low-cost simulation model.

Methods: An educational strategy was designed to teach IMAC, which included: (1) guided reading of educational material and viewing an explanatory video of IMAC; (2) an introductory lecture with the anatomical considerations, documentation of the cessation of femoral arterial flow during IMAC, and real clinical cases in which this procedure was used; and (3) simulated practice of IMAC with a new low-cost manikin. The educational strategy was applied during three postpartum hemorrhage workshops in three Latin American countries and the opinions of the participants were measured with a survey.