Texas medics get lessons thanks to advanced training manikin

By Jan Jarvis The Star-TelegramIRVING, Texas — The patient's eyes blinked, his legs trembled and his toenails turned blue as he lay on a gurney inside an ambulance.Then he flat-lined."It breaks my heart," said Ronnie Ikeler, EMS specialist for HCA North Texas. "His battery went dead."But the patient known as iStan was revived with the help of a recharged battery. The 120-pound ...