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SimRhythm

Every rhythm, before the real one.

SimRhythm is a high-fidelity ECG and defibrillator simulator for medical training. It turns an iPad into a patient monitor students can train on. Learners can explore different rhythms, practise shocks and pacing, and see the simulated patient respond.

Type
Our own product
Sector
Medical education
Scope
Design + simulation engine
Platform
iPad (Expo)
SimRhythm patient monitor: ECG, capnography and vitals

SimRhythm in MONITOR mode: lead II with capnography and live vitals.

Why we built it

Recognising a rhythm is only part of the lesson. Students also need to practise choosing an intervention and seeing what happens next.

Students need repetition: to see ventricular fibrillation degrade, shock it, and watch whether what they did worked. That means a monitor that behaves like the real thing, on an accessible tablet interface, with adjustable waveforms an instructor can use to explore different scenarios.

The rhythms that matter, on demand.

  • Normal sinus
  • Sinus arrhythmia
  • Bradycardia
  • Tachycardia
  • Atrial fibrillation
  • Atrial flutter
  • Ventricular fibrillation
  • Asystole
  • PEA
  • Junctional
  • Heart block I & II
  • Bigeminy
  • PVCs
  • Paced

Live signals

  • ECG IIlive
  • SpO₂live
  • EtCO₂ / capnographylive
  • NIBPlive
  • Respirationlive
  • Temperaturelive

A waveform engine, not a video player.

Beats built from morphology, not clips

Every complex is synthesised from P-wave, QRS and T-wave templates. Rate, regularity and morphology are continuous parameters, not a library of pre-recorded loops.

Rendered at frame rate on canvas

A custom canvas renderer sweeps the trace in real time, the way a real monitor does. The renderer is designed for responsive simulation on an iPad.

A closed loop

Charge, shock, sync-cardiovert or pace, and the rhythm responds. The learner is trying to change the monitor, and it reacts to what they do.

The whole monitor, not just the ECG

Capnography, SpO₂, NIBP, respiration and temperature move together and stay physiologically plausible, so the picture reads as one patient.

Built around the learning moment

The interface and simulation engine were developed together. Adjusting a rhythm, delivering a shock, and watching the response are connected parts of the experience, giving instructors a flexible setting for repeatable practice.