Take a tour of the NEW Cardiac Arrest! program!

Based on the latest American Heart Association® ACLS Guidelines. The ultimate ACLS simulator software. Exciting live-action video teaches actions for tough clinical problems like hypocalcemia, hyperkalemia, hypothermia, Kawasaki disease, and more. Cardiac Arrest! sharpens Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) skills in an exciting and realistic ER simulation.

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, Cardiac Arrest! has been approved by the American College of Emergency Physicians for 22.5 ACEP Category 1 CME credits (requires separate registration and $60 fee.) Perfect ACLS re-certification preparation. Combine with Code Team! for the ultimate ACLS training.

Earning CME credit is easy. Each patient successfully resuscitated is worth .5 credit hours. There are 15 easier patients, 15 complex patients, and 15 pediatric patients(PALS), for a total of up to 22.5 hours of ACEP Category I credit. The program keeps track of the patients you have completed. Each patient simulation is followed by a short quiz and you may redo a case if the outcome was unsatisfactory. When redoing a case, the variables of the patient will change so that you never have the same scenario twice.

When you're ready, you can print the CME application and your student file from the “File” menu of the program. Send it to the address listed on the application and a certificate of completion will be mailed to you. CME credit is sponsored by the Utah chapter of ACEP.

You can make Cardiac Arrest! meet YOUR OWN learning needs. For example, if you're trying to learn drug treatment strategies, you can have your treatment team automatically perform CPR and ventilations when needed, so you can concentrate on the treatment algorithms.

When you believe the patient is stabilized enough for ICU admission, click the "Admit" button. The patient's private physician will drop by to tell you about the final outcome. You're expected to stabilize shock and treat major electrolyte or fluid deficits before the ICU admission.

PC with 300 megahertz (MHz) or higher processor clock speed, 128 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher, 2.3 Gigabytes (GB) available hard disk space, Super VGA (800 × 600) or higher resolution video adapter and monitor, CD-ROM or DVD drive, Keyboard, Mouse.

Windows® operating system. Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, and Vista®.