Research into trauma simulations at Camp Johnson, Ft. Bragg, and Ft. Campbell revealed deficiencies in the existing technology, which was limited to makeup and low-fidelity wound replicas. The initial set-up for a training session required hours of preparation, and each scenario resulted in damaged makeup. The wounds were not realistic, had low-quality fasteners, and provided no ability to perform the medical interventions.

Techline’s development team attacked these problems in a multidisciplinary approach. The team included a Navy Corpsman, Pathologist, Polymer Chemist, Engineers, and Artists. Every wound was designed for clinical accuracy, appearance, functionality, and durability. The result was the first Wearable Wound Simulations® kit, now found in every branch of the military.

The Wearable Wounds Simulations® are made of reinforced silicone and have features such as packable cavities, impaled objects, or bleeding that can be treated. Every device is researched, designed, handcrafted, inspected, packed and shipped from Techline’s Willow Grove, PA facility.

Customers expressed the need for wounds that could quickly change a scenario and augment training. This led to the development of our self-adhesive line of wounds. These Stick-EZ were made to be reusable, and adhere to both actors and manikins.

Unique to Techline’s self-adhesive wounds, these products are reinforced with a fabric to extend their usable life. The adhesive surface can be washed with soap and water to remove dirt and debris, allowing for multiple uses.

The Techline Trauma® products include a line of part task trainers that are ideal for the classroom environment and scenario use. These devices were created as lower cost solutions for training specific skills used in pre-hospital care. The first of the line were the Wounds in a Box®. These compact trainers allow students to practice wound packing.

Additional in a Box™ trainers were created to train nasal airways, intraosseous access, IVs, cricothyrotomies, and intermuscular injections. One of the most popular task trainers is the Bleeding Control lower torso (PTT-B80). This device reacts to tourniquets, junctional tourniquets, abdominal-aortic pressure, and wound packing.

All of the bleeding control task trainers are compatible with Techline Blood Supply Pumps (WW3-BRP) and Skedco® Hydrasim® electronic bleeding simulators.

Techline’s realistic and rugged wound simulations led to the joint development effort of the TOMManikin ® with North American Rescue® Simulations (formerly ITTS, Inc.). The TOMManikin® is widely known as the toughest advanced trauma manikin on the market.

The TOMManikin® Series is designed for use in classroom settings, trauma lanes, and field training scenarios. The system allows for interchangeable appendages that present a variety of wound patterns such as gunshots, blasts, and burns.  The system provides full-mission profiles for combat, disaster re-creations, and mass casualty events.

Constructed of silicone and welded steel, TOMManikin® weighs more than 160 pounds, and has extremities that can withstand up to 6,000 pounds of pressure.  These rugged, remote-controlled simulators are the ideal choice for confined space, building collapse, care under fire, and entrapment training scenarios. Intervention capabilities on all manikins include tourniquet application, airway management (basic to advanced), needle decompression, chest tube, IV/IO, and wound packing.

Years of supporting military and civilian first responders’ training built a reputation of professionalism and a network of instructors.  In 2015, Techline hosted its first training class through the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT).

Techline has the unique ability to provide clients a fully operational training site at any location. This includes environmental controllers, patient and classroom simulations, medical and support equipment, and top-tier instructors. Techline holds one of the few “mobile” site codes within the NAEMT, and can support multiple simultaneous classes throughout the continental United States.

Techline can provide training equipment and simulations to support mass casualty incident training, or individual training classes. The rental packages include an operator for manikins, and are a great way to try out the equipment prior to purchase.