Trauma staff at St George’s Hospital have had their skills put to the test after they admitted a rather unusual patient.

SimMan 3G - a £60,000 state-of-the-art simulation mannquin - is designed to teach and test staff who work with severely injured patients.

The NHS London-funded piece of equipment is completely wireless and self contained - meaning it can be easily transported to different wards in the Tooting hospital.

Consultant nurse in emergency care, Heather Jarman, said: “This new technology will play a key role in helping staff to develop the skills needed to respond to a major trauma call. Our aim is to use the mannequin to test the whole trauma system - it is not just to teach staff how to deal with clinical issues, we can look at how the team works together as well.

“The SimMan 3G will be programmed with real-life situations experienced by our patients and used in a ‘mock’ trauma call; we can video this and use the video to feedback as a training tool.

“We are very excited by this new equipment as it presents a great opportunity for us to develop and test our trauma service.”