The training headwall is a self-contained unit that delivers air and
vacuum to medical gas outlets. Each training headwall contains a minimum
of two motors, one a compressor to provide simulated gas flow, and the
other a vacuum pump to provide a vacuum run off of electricity supplied
from a standard electrical outlet. Because the training headwalls are not
used on actual patients there is no need to deliver actual medical gases.
Instead, the compressor pumps air to medical gas outlets that are labeled
as desired, and may be attached to the appropriate secondary medical
equipment, while the vacuum delivers a vacuum to the appropriately
labeled gas outlet. Students may use the training headwall to practice
patient care procedures.