Great app but beware of extra costs
Excellent app, but very limited features with the initial purchase.
Summary - good for rhythms/monitoring, extra features like scenarios cost more. iPhone app (cost extra) can be used to control it if you have an extra person with medical knowledge.
With the initial one, you can display all observations, ECG etc as shown in the picture and choose from the 25 rhythms. The X-ray, scenarios, and drugs features are all additional costs which should be made clearer in the app description.
I use this app for practicing ALS. Adjusting the rhythm using this app during the scenario really ruins the realism so I also bought the remote app for iPhone which lets someone else control the scenario and change the rhythm and obs. This makes for a great system for ALS/monitoring purposes as long as you have an extra person available to use a remote app, bearing in mind they also need to have medical knowledge to be able to react to any treatment you give appropriately.
Not yet bought the scenario feature but may do, the ability to create your own is particularly appealing so you can make and the obs change by itself. This is less useful if the clinicians practicing don't give the treatment expected; so if they are expected to give fluid and you set the scenario to increase their BP after 5 minutes but they then don't give any, it doesn't add up. So not without its flaws.
Summary - good for rhythms/monitoring, extra features like scenarios cost more. iPhone app (cost extra) can be used to control it if you have an extra person with medical knowledge.
With the initial one, you can display all observations, ECG etc as shown in the picture and choose from the 25 rhythms. The X-ray, scenarios, and drugs features are all additional costs which should be made clearer in the app description.
I use this app for practicing ALS. Adjusting the rhythm using this app during the scenario really ruins the realism so I also bought the remote app for iPhone which lets someone else control the scenario and change the rhythm and obs. This makes for a great system for ALS/monitoring purposes as long as you have an extra person available to use a remote app, bearing in mind they also need to have medical knowledge to be able to react to any treatment you give appropriately.
Not yet bought the scenario feature but may do, the ability to create your own is particularly appealing so you can make and the obs change by itself. This is less useful if the clinicians practicing don't give the treatment expected; so if they are expected to give fluid and you set the scenario to increase their BP after 5 minutes but they then don't give any, it doesn't add up. So not without its flaws.
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Pretty good
A few suggestions for improvement...I could have done with a tutorial to learn how to use. Converting the temperature to Celsius doesn't work (keeps converting 99F to 207C). It would actually be better if it could be set permanently to Celsius without swapping back & forth. For the PALS scenarios we need the option of intramuscular epi, as well as which concentration to use, especially for the anaphylaxis scenario.
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Not good value for money
I'm afraid whilst the concept of this app is great it's not executed well and the costs start to mount up. After purchasing the rhythms and drugs separately I expected a response e.g. the rhythm to change after administration of drugs.
You are better off using your imagination than using this app - use the £20 to buy your friend a pizza and get them to test you instead.
You are better off using your imagination than using this app - use the £20 to buy your friend a pizza and get them to test you instead.
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You have to buy the add ons
This does nothing without purchasing all the add ons. You have to pay separately to use the mess, the edges and even to just get cases. I just spent way more than I planned for this software.
WARNING!!!!!!WARNING!!!!!!!WARNING
This app is a rip off!!!! £18:99 just for the app, then you have to buy ever thing extra from app perches. Useless without the extras, just a bunch of rhythms. Take my warning do not buy, you will regret it. I am trying to get my money back. No chance!
Wow, What a great simulator!!
I have to say this application is really convenient for teaching ACLS and PALS courses. I like how cheap it is compared to other options out there. My department purchased iPads specifically to run this program. In the past we paid thousands of dollars on real defibrillators and rhythm generators. We auctioned off our Zoll monitors we used for training on ebay. We got 3 iPad AIR's and 3 new iPod touches and our department had plenty of money left over. Thank you for making such a great product!
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Great since update
Since the update, the numbers on the pulse rate does not show it shows as "1... "
Not sure why it does that.
Not sure why it does that.
Really very powerful simulation
I purchased this with the remote control app in the week prior to my own (and a group of my colleagues) ALS recertification course. Primarily we did this because our Zoll Monitor / defb was out of commission and we needed to simulate vital signs and rhythm in CAS practice.
I have to say it worked perfectly when connected via our local WiFi. We were able to run through standard ALS scenarios and throw in manual complexity where we needed. We also were puzzled as to why the BP didn't immediately update but found that simply cycling the NIBP caused it to appear - this is probably something that should be modified so that the instructor can set an immediate BP should they need to. There are probably great help files somewhere but we didn't need them - ECG, CXR and medication functionality seemed to work fine. Ultimately being able to actually program scenarios (like in a full blown SIM centre does on say SimMan) would be great, but for a low cost medium fidelity solution this is outstanding.
One suggestion - I agree with the comment that the monitor screen should have the ability to be decluttered so that it more closely resembles a clinical monitor. I recognise that this is the way it is because the programme has to work in stand alone mode, but it would be logical that its default display became more uncluttered when being controlled remotely. As far as I can see you wont be disappointed with this purchase. I have no vested interest in the programme or those producing it.
Update - apologies - there is an in app purchase that allows you to create your own scenarios which I have yet to test.
I have to say it worked perfectly when connected via our local WiFi. We were able to run through standard ALS scenarios and throw in manual complexity where we needed. We also were puzzled as to why the BP didn't immediately update but found that simply cycling the NIBP caused it to appear - this is probably something that should be modified so that the instructor can set an immediate BP should they need to. There are probably great help files somewhere but we didn't need them - ECG, CXR and medication functionality seemed to work fine. Ultimately being able to actually program scenarios (like in a full blown SIM centre does on say SimMan) would be great, but for a low cost medium fidelity solution this is outstanding.
One suggestion - I agree with the comment that the monitor screen should have the ability to be decluttered so that it more closely resembles a clinical monitor. I recognise that this is the way it is because the programme has to work in stand alone mode, but it would be logical that its default display became more uncluttered when being controlled remotely. As far as I can see you wont be disappointed with this purchase. I have no vested interest in the programme or those producing it.
Update - apologies - there is an in app purchase that allows you to create your own scenarios which I have yet to test.
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Great (possibly) App
However, like others I use this app to teach paramedics and for ACLS classes. Each time there is an update some things look and/or work better, other times not so much.
After update. Issues
I use the app in teaching a paramedic class and it has been great but latest update has issues with EKG display dropping out when pacer is turned on and loss of audio. Hope there is a quick fix! I like the change of adding initials on the rhythm selection.
