Nasco Healthcare: Empowering Frontline Healthcare and Rescue Workers

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A woman demonstrating how to use Nasco Healthcare's Life/form GERi geriatric manikin.
April 10, 2023 58 view(s)

Nasco Healthcare: Empowering Frontline Healthcare and Rescue Workers

For over 80 years, Nasco Healthcare has been a leading provider of medical simulation tools and training solutions to healthcare and rescue workers worldwide. Nasco Healthcare was born out of the acquisition of two innovative companies — Simulaids and Life/form — in 1999, with a focus on providing high-quality, affordable and innovative training tools for frontline workers. Today, Nasco Healthcare is recognized globally for its commitment to quality, manufacturing, and customer service. WorldPoint is a proud partner to and distributor of Nasco Healthcare’s product lines. 

 

Purpose: Empowering Frontline Healthcare Workers 

At Nasco Healthcare, the belief is that frontline healthcare and rescue workers are heroes who are charged with caring for those in need and serving at a moment's notice. Nasco Healthcare aims to empower these workers with the best training and tools possible to be prepared for any situation. The company's flagship product, Rescue Randy, is widely recognized as the gold standard for crisis training. 

 

Commitment: People First, Always 

Nasco Healthcare is committed to diversity and inclusion, recognizing that unique perspectives and skills bring innovation and benefit to frontline workers and community members. The company is committed to making every employee feel comfortable sharing ideas and opinions, feeling respected, valued, and heard. Nasco Healthcare's culture is one of openness, personal responsibility, continuous improvement, and respect. 

 

Quality and Manufacturing: Innovative and Affordable Solutions 

As an ISO 9001 certified organization, Nasco Healthcare is committed to good quality practices that exceed the demanding requirements of its customers. By controlling every step from design to delivery, Nasco Healthcare provides over 6000 high-quality, innovative, globally recognized products that are designed in the USA. These products are upgradeable to suit current and future needs, providing lifelong value to customers. Additionally, Nasco Healthcare products come with a 5-year warranty. 

 

Top Products: Innovative Simulation Tools 

Nasco Healthcare logo overlaid on top of different Nasco products: Rescue Randy, Alex, Axel, GERi, KERi

Nasco is a company that produces a variety of diverse training manikins and simulators for medical professionals, first responders, and other professionals. WorldPoint carries Nasco Healthcare’s top products, including:  

Simulaids Rescue Randy: This manikin is designed for lifelike adult or juvenile patient handling, transportation, and extrication training. Made of tough cast vinyl with a zinc-plated steel frame and 4,100-lb. test plastic-coated cables, Rescue Randy is fully articulated for positioning in widely diversified training environments. It can be seated in an automobile, positioned in a smoke-filled room, and immobilized on a stretcher for mountain rescue instruction. 

Nasco ALEX: A speech recognition simulator with AI voice responses in Spanish, French, German, and English. This scenario-driven, instructor-controlled simulator comes with model-driven physiology, pharmaceutical treatment simulations, and a virtual AED/pacing and 12 lead ECG. Additionally, ALEX features a digital patient and TeamSpace and a 5-year warranty. 

Nasco AXEL: Similar to ALEX, AXEL is a scenario-driven, instructor-controlled simulator that features model-driven physiology with pharmaceutical treatment simulations, virtual AED/pacing and 12 lead ECG, and a 5-year warranty. The main difference is that AXEL is designed to facilitate patient learner communication via an internal microphone and speakers in real-time. 

Life/form GERi Complete Nursing Skills Manikin: This complete nursing skills manikin has an elderly appearance with skin wrinkles and folds, a complete lifelike range of motion, realistic patient positioning, and non-pinching joints. Lightweight and full-sized, this manikin has an overall female appearance but can convert to male with the removal of a wig and attachment of male genitals. It's ideal for OBRA Required Training and comes with visual inspection features such as normal and cancerous moles, stage 1 sacral ulcer, dilated and constricted pupils, and reddened skin folds. 

Life/form KERi Complete Nursing Skills Manikin: Unlike Geri, KERi has a non-age appearance but also features a complete lifelike range of motion, realistic patient positioning, and non-pinching joints. Weighing in at approximately 28 lbs., this full-body, adult manikin has an overall female appearance but can convert to male with the removal of a wig and attachment of male genitals. It trains students in basic patient care and is anatomically accurate. 

 

Conclusion: Leading the Way in Medical Simulation 

Nasco Healthcare has been at the forefront of medical simulation for over 80 years, empowering frontline healthcare and rescue workers to be ready for any situation. The company's commitment to quality, manufacturing, and customer service, combined with its innovative and affordable solutions, have made it a leading provider of medical simulation tools worldwide. Nasco Healthcare's dedication to diversity and inclusion, respect, and personal responsibility makes it a great place to work and partner with for healthcare and rescue organizations worldwide. 

Shop Nasco Healthcare’s wide range of simulation products and healthcare manikins at WorldPoint.com.  

 


 

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