SMART STAT BASIC vs NephRef

Promotional Text: The SMART STAT BASIC app works in conjunction with the SMART STAT BASIC simulator, developed by Simulaids for trainee safe practice of advanced life-saving procedures. Description: SMART STAT BASIC offers faculty and students the opportunity to simulate the tasks necessary to develop critical thinking skills. This tetherless 75-lb (34 kg) adult patient simulator operates through Wi-Fi® technology. Programming skills are not needed to operate this simulator; simple control screens provide fast, user-friendly operation. The SMART STAT BASIC is portable and designed for regular use at an economical price point. The simulator’s rugged construction offers durability and dependability. The replacement parts are low cost and ensure continuous, reliable operations. The SMART STAT BASIC app works in conjunction with the SMART STAT BASIC patient simulator, developed by Simulaids, to enable health care professionals in all fields to sharpen their assessment and decision-making skills in the environment they work. Every kind of realistic and challenging scenario can be worked out, from basic life support skills to the most advanced life-saving procedures, all without risk to patients. Designed for First Responders, EMT’s, Paramedics, Firefighters and Combat Medics; Trainees and Healthcare Education Instructors can practice real life scenarios to better prepare for daily challenges when the app is used alongside the Patient Simulator. Please note that this app requires a live connection to a SMART STAT BASIC patient simulator in order for it to be used properly. The app allows you to control the Physiological Parameters of the Patient Simulator with simple dropdown selections. A partial list of such controllable parameters includes but is not limited to: • Heart • Lungs • Airway • Sounds • Pulses Scenarios can be programmed to provide timed physiological changes with simple taps of the screen. Fully editable lists of Students, Medications and Skill Sets allow Healthcare Education Instructors to easily create the custom items needed for proper documentation of critical skills assessment. Recorded Student’s simulation sessions may be edited, printed and reviewed via simulation reports made available on the iPad through the App.

NephRef is both a reference and referral tool designed to educate and empower physicians and advanced practitioners in their care and referral of patients with kidney disease. Conceived and developed by the Section of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at West Virginia University School of Medicine, NephRef offers a quick and easy link to educational resources and provides information about urgency and interval management of patients referred for specialty consultation. NephRef is an educational tool only. Not for individual patient diagnosis or treatment.