This program runs through the Flash player (which every web browser can display). It is a low tech way to produce vital signs 'on the fly' and may help augment 'low-fidelity simulation' environments.

This simply needs to be pasted into any web page. It looks small here but you can specify any size you want in the html file. You can use this with a PC or Mac (works in html so any web browser will work) with a two monitor display system - one in the control room, and one visible to students, and adjust vitals as appropriate through the scenario. It's not a $50,000 manikin by any means, but imagine what a simulator operator with a simple Resusci-Anne, a phone (for the manikin's voice), a cardiac rhythm generator and a computer could do.

Remember those old travel books? This is "Patient Simulation on $5 a Day".

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(Key Codes (Remember you have to click on the flash piece first to ensure it has focus)

O = Open Eyes

C = Close Eyes (lets you dynamically make the patient conscious or unconscious)

Number Keys = adjust pupil size (1 - 5 for the R eye and 6 - 0 for the left eye)

Up / Down Arrows = adjust oxygen saturation

Left / Right Arrows = adjust pulse

Pg Up / Pg Down Buttons = adjust respiration

+ / - buttons (on number keypad) = adjust systolic BP

/ / * buttons (on number keypad) = adjust diastolic BP

This is useful for using as a "Pulse Oximeter" when live actors are participating in a simulation. The actor can easily adjust their own "pulse' and "oxygen saturation" readings through manipulating the scroll device on a Pocket PC. Again it works by pasting into an html page. Have only tried this on the IPAQ Pocket PCs but it should work on anything that will display html, has an ability to display flash (you might have to download the Flash player for pocket PC as it isn't always pre-loaded).

The alternate version on the Right also has visible alarms if the pulse rate is lower than 50 or higher than 150, or if the oxygen saturation drops below 90%.

(Version on Left)

(Version on Right)

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Several simulation systems have display screens to allow students to monitor vital signs. Have you ever wished you could display custom information over top of the Waveform Monitor or on another screen in a dual screen simulation system? This is a simple Flash file which is best displayed on a long narrow HTML black background. I've include the html files I use just in case.

Text on the left side of the screen can be displayed on the Waveform Monitor with a mouse click. You can display whatever you decide to type onscreen (Blood Glucose Level, ABGs, Lab Values etc.) over top of the other screen. Click over the R part of the screen where it says 'BGL' - type whatever you like and click 'Synchronize'. The L part of the screen (which would be positioned so it occupies a portion of the waveform monitor screen, now displays whatever test result you wish.

I often have to run simulations alone. So I came up with this Flash piece to display lab results without having to resort to running into the room with them or committing the horrific faux-pas of having the manikin speak his own BGL level.

Html File L

Text Over Screen R (Use this one if the waveform monitor is to the Right of your display)

Html File R

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