Inaccurate management will result in a rapid increase in the degree of discolouration and may lead to the patient dying. Correct management can prevent this situation and reverse the discolouration of the patient. It is a race against time and delays in responding cause further deterioration in client condition. The management of the client in these scenarios requires the assistance of several personnel. This is achieved through the screen becoming the patient's room and the student is required, through the use of the mouse, to position staff appropriately and assign them roles.
Equipment is dragged to the bedside with the mouse.
This provides the student the opportunity to coordinate the management of a cardiac arrest from the comfort of their desk. The final section includes a dictionary which lists common terms involved in cardiac monitoring and the explanation of these terms. How it was achieved The program was supported by an Apple University Development grant. It was written on an Apple Macintosh IIci using SuperCard as the main authoring language. SuperCard was chosen because of its ease, of use.