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I wonder if any of the health care folks on this list are already using any of the simulations described here: http://www.madsci.com/products.html

Information about each simulation below is extracted from the company’s Web site. Prices look like they range from $69 to $149 for a single user.

CME credits can be awarded for an additional fee. There’s a package deal to get all 6 simluations for $399.

The simulations include:

Cardiac Arrest!
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Cardiac Arrest! casts you in the role of emergency physician. The patient’s history is presented, and the resuscitation efforts begin. You read the ECG on the computer screen, interpret the vital signs and laboratory data. Give treatment orders using a simple point and click interface, or type in plain English. Cardiac Arrest! provides drug information, an on-line text book and algorithm flowcharts for the ultimate learning environment.

Featuring 45 patients (30 adult & 15 PALS), Cardiac Arrest provides 22.5 Category 1 CME credits (requires separate registration and $60 fee.) Perfect ACLS re-certification preparation. Combine with Code Team! for the ultimate ACLS training.

Code Team! (Includes 3 modules)
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Cardio Quiz — ten self-teaching tutorials mixed with quiz questions prepare you for the written ACLS certification test. Covers airway management, IV techniques, cardiac drugs, case management priorities, Basic Life Support review, and more.

EKG Teaching — Live EKG with sound, stimulating tutorials and quizzes teach 3-lead rhythm strip interpretation. Covers normal and abnormal ECG parts and rhythms, with pathology pattern and recognition such as hypercalcemia, hyperkalemia, and hypothermia.

ACLS Protocols — features multiple interactive simulations that teach application of the AHA’s arrhythmia treatment algorithms to clinical situations. Among the protocols practiced are asystole, brachychardia with
and without pulse, V-tach with and without pulse, V-fib, PAT, endotracheal drugs, and acidosis therapy. Perfect preparation for the dreaded MEGACODE portion of the ACLS certification.

MicroEKG
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Learn 12-lead ECG interpretation on your computer! Browse through ECGs and rhythm strips. Pull up a diagnosis and see if you can recognize all the features on the ECG. Pop up a table or chart at any time while taking a lesson. With multiple levels of interactive tutorials and quizzes, Micro EKG is perfect no matter what your current level of expertise:

* Basic – cardiac anatomy, ECG theory, lead placement, wave-forms, and intervals.

* Intermediate – rhythm strip interpretation and meanings of abnormal wave forms, abnormal intervals, and arrhythmias.

* Advanced- 12-lead ECG interpretation, including QRS axis, infarct diagnosis, infarct location, and infarct age. Identify the causes of ST depression. Master the diagnosis of chamber enlargement or hypertrophy,
acute and chronic pericarditis, ischemia, and more.

Trauma One!
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With 36 critical patients, Trauma One! solidifies your approach to the trauma victim. It teaches therapeutic priorities, threshold for action, and completeness of workup. With a complete trauma-management manual,
Trauma One! Is the best way to learn solid trauma management.

Blood Gases
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This valuable training aid teaches some of the most difficult, yet most important material in medicine. Use interactive tutorials, drills and quizzes to learn:

* Normal values
* Aa gradient calculation and interpretation
* Bedside acid-base balance interpretation
* Acidosis correction
* Bicarbonate dosage calculation

Blood Gases will even interpret lung function, acid-base balance, and blood gas values for you. A detailed on-line manual features helpful hints, explanations, and extra information.

Chest Pain Simulator
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Practice the workup, diagnosis, and treatment of chest pain patients with this “chest pain ER” trainer. Chest Pain Simulator teaches a rapid, safe, and thorough approach to chest pain through tutorials, self teaching
quizzes, and an online textbook. It includes history and exam, testing, differential diagnosis, and thrombolytic therapy.