Pace Symposia's ECG simulator – as close to real as it gets
August 13, 2009
Courtesy of Pace Symposia
Dear readers and fellow ECG enthusiasts.
The strict purpose of The ECG Blog is to discuss and educate ECG interpretation. I want to maintain a serious profile, so therefore every blog post has been a clear cut case presentation. Today however, I’ve decided to make an exception to be able to share some good news with you. The good news is that a US based company called Pace Symposia, has developed a fantastic ECG rhythm simulator. Rest assured, this is not an announcement that I’m paid to do. The only reason I want to advertise this product is because it’s an invaluable and powerful tool for learning arrhythmia recognition and interpretation. Additionally it is incredibly fun, as well as it looks and feels better than any other rhythm sim I’ve tried. And I’ve tried a few.
The cardiac rhythm simulator from Pace Symposia has a very clean, stylish and most importantly intuitive and simple user interface. It’s got a wide range of arrhythmias that can be inititated by a simple mouse click. The user can also add a variety of ectopic activity such as PVC’s and PAC’s, both unifocal and multifocal. Everything happens in real time with very realistic morphology. Just like when a real life patient is hooked up to your telemetry screen or ECG monitor, the arrhythmia shifts dynamically and seamlessly between different rates, conduction ratios and morphologic changes.
Pace Symposia has set up a website for the sim at ecgsimulator.net, where you can try an online flash based version and download a fully functional free trial version. The simulator is now 1.0, but they are working on a revised version and believe me – it’s going to be awesome.
This is really a milestone for cardiac rhythm simulators, which is why I want my readers to be aware of it. This is such excellent work from Pace Symposia that I felt the need to show my support and spread the word.
Post update 3. Oct: Tom Bouthillet over at the very excellent Prehospital 12 Lead ECG blog has posted a much more thorough review of this simulator. Check it out, and while you’re at it be sure to check his other posts, tutorials and case studies.
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Clinton | August 14, 2009 at 9:42 pm
Ooo, thanks for the link!
http://skillstat.com/learn.htm
SkillStat.com has another great EKG simulator program. The only problem with it is that it is very small, so you have to adjust your web zoom size (ctrl+rollball) in order to view it appropriately.
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PQRST | August 14, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Thanks for your comment. I’ve tried the Skillstat ECG sim many times, and as you might know, I’ve linked to it here at my blog for quite a while. The problem with the Skillstat sim is that it’s fairly limited and doesnt’t allow much user interaction. By the way, it’s not really that small… it’s just not compatible with all browsers, at least not with Firefox. Try opening it in Opera, Camino or Safari, then you won’t have to zoom. Skillstat was the “best” ECG sim that I knew of for a long time, in spite of the large amount of limitations to it. But that was only until I discovered Pace Symposia’s simulator – which is a hundred times better. In fact, the Pace Symposia sim is the new generation of ECG simulators. I haven’t seen any simulators that can match their quality.
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Tom B. | August 18, 2009 at 1:22 am
Very cool, Klaus! Thanks for sharing!
Tom
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