Montreal, Canada, October 31, 2012 - (NYSE: CAE; TSX: CAE) - CAE Healthcare announced today that it has sold its 1,000th iStan patient simulator. It was sold to the Paris Simulation Center at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in the United States. Developed in 2007, iStan was the first high-fidelity patient simulator that could be operated wirelessly for added mobility and realism in healthcare training.
Since his introduction to the market, iStan has simulated auto accidents on roadways, logging injuries in forests, heat stroke at the beach, burns from chemical plant explosions and football injuries on the field. He has been transported from point-of-injury to simulated emergency or operating rooms-all while maintaining the clinical signs and symptoms of his simulated condition.
"When he was introduced five years ago, iStan was a technological breakthrough-the first simulator that could blink, bleed, talk, cry, and simulate a real patient in almost any setting," said Michael Bernstein, President of CAE Healthcare. "iStan set a standard in the industry, and he is still one of our best-selling simulators. Today, wireless patient simulation has been widely adopted among emergency medical responders, hospital teams and medical education programs."
"We have a long history using CAE Healthcare -formerly
METI- simulators," said Kevin Martin, Operations Director
of the Paris Simulation Center. "We are excited about
integrating this new technology into curriculum development
and scheduling. We recently purchased CAE Healthcare's
LearningSpace for center management and are looking to use
iStan and our other simulators to deliver training content
online."
Established in 2001, the 2,500-square-foot Paris Simulation
Center supports training of current and future healthcare
professionals at the University of Louisville Health
Science Campus. The center works closely with departments,
course directors, individual faculty, and other health care
organizations to develop education experiences that
effectively utilize simulation.
About CAE Healthcare
CAE Healthcare offers cutting-edge learning tools to
healthcare students and professionals, allowing them to
develop practical experience through risk-free simulation
training before treating real patients. CAE Healthcare's
full spectrum of simulation solutions includes surgical and
imaging simulation, curriculum, center management and
highly realistic adult, pediatric and baby patient
simulators. Today, approximately 7,000 CAE Healthcare
simulators are in use worldwide by medical schools, nursing
schools, hospitals, defense forces and other entities. www.caehealthcare.com
About CAE
CAE is a global leader in modeling, simulation and training
for civil aviation and defense. The company employs
approximately 8,000 people at more than 100 sites and
training locations in approximately 30 countries. CAE
offers civil aviation, military, and helicopter training
services in more than 45 locations worldwide and trains
approximately 100,000 crewmembers yearly. In addition, the
CAE Oxford Aviation Academy offers training to aspiring
pilot cadets in 11 CAE-operated flight schools. CAE's
business is diversified, ranging from the sale of
simulation products to providing comprehensive services
such as training and aviation services, integrated
enterprise solutions, in-service support and crew sourcing.
The company applies simulation expertise and operational
experience to help customers enhance safety, improve
efficiency, maintain readiness and solve challenging
problems. CAE is leveraging its simulation capabilities in
new markets such as healthcare and mining. www.cae.com
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High-resolution photos of CAE Healthcare's iStan patient
simulator are available on www.cae.com/photos
Contacts:
Nathalie Bourque, Vice President, Public Affairs and Global
Communications, +1-514-734-5788, nathalie.bourque@cae.com
Investor relations: Andrew Arnovitz, Vice President,
Investor Relations and Strategy, +1-514-734-5760, andrew.arnovitz@cae.com
Trade media: Tess Mitchell, Vice President, CAE
Healthcare Marketing, +1-941-504-3255, tess.mitchell@cae.com
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