iSimulate Advanced Life Support Resuscitation Simulation Application for iPad

www.iSimulate.com.au

This amazing software was demonstrated at a recent Australian Resuscitation Council meeting and was developed by one of the ACT members of the ARC. It has a variable monitor display including an ECG trace, arterial line, etCO2, BP, SaO2 etc, and an inbuilt defibrillator function. The instructor can alter the ECG trace and students can then respond in real time e.g. to deliver a shock (without risk of harm to anyone) or commence CPR. Heavy manikins are not required so training can be delivered in any location.

There is a licence fee of $2,000 in first year and then $500 a year thereafter. It uses a wireless router for a LAN. They can also supply the iPads already set up (for an additional fee). There is additional information downloadable from the website and an email newsletter that you can subscribe to.

It is certainly an exciting development in resuscitation simulation training and apparently has been taken up enthusiastically by healthcare agencies around Australia.