Part II Skills (Completed at SimTiki Simulation Center - approx 1 hour):

1. The manikin based skills station will allow objective assessment of practitioner mask ventilation and compression techniques.

Expected Time of Completion
Part I: You will have 32 continuous hours to complete the scenarios and exams. The timer starts once you begin a scenario. Experienced Practitioners report a completion time of 4 hours or so.

Part II: 1 hour.

Contact Information
Address:
SimTiki Simulation Center
651 Ilalo Street MEB-212
Honolulu, HI 96813

Phone number:
808-692-1085 (Cami Mikami)
808-692-1096 (Kris Hara)

Fax number: 808-692-1250

Staff:
Cami Mikami - Administration, mikamic@hawaii.edu
Kris Hara, RRT - Chief Simulation Specialist, harakm@hawaii.edu
Dr. Benjamin Berg, Director of Simulation ph: 808-692-1093, bwberg@hawaii.edu

Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday 8am to 4:45pm. SimTiki Simulation Center is closed weekends and most State and Federal holidays.

Please call for an appointment.

SimTiki Simulation Center is located at the John A Burns School of Medicine, Medical Education Building, Telehealth Research Institute Suite 212.

Ilalo Street runs parallel to and makai (Oceanside) of Ala Moana Blvd. Parking is located in Parking Lot C on the Ewa (west) end of the campus, or metered street parking.

Laerdal HeartCode Troubleshooting toll free phone number: 1-800-594-9259

Required Materials:

1. HeartCode ACLS Anywhere CD (provided upon completed registration).
2. Windows based personal computer (PC) to run the HeartCode ACLS CD.
Software minimum requirements:
• Windows 98, 2000, or Windows XP 32 bit
• Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
• Macromedia Flash Player 8 (automatically installed)
• DCOM98 (automatically installed)
• DirectX 3 (DirectX8a is automatically installed)
• Adobe 5.0 (automatically installed)
Hardware requirements:
• Pentium III 450 MHz (1 GHz recommended)
• 64 MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 300 MB hard disk space
• 16 bit display adapter
• Mouse or compatible pointing device
• Monitor capable of displaying a resolution of 1024x768 or higher
• Speaker

Test Dates / Times
Part I: At your leisure. Participant completes the exams/scenarios as part of the HeartCode ACLS Anywhere CD tasks. You may view the AHA text on the CD without starting the timer. Once a scenario is started on the CD, the timer begins a countdown allowing 32 hours to complete all exams and scenarios.
Part II: The Skills portion is completed at SimTiki Simulation Center by appointment. Hours are Monday through Friday 9am - 2pm except holidays.

Grading Policy
Part I: An online grading score of 85% is passing.
Part II: The Manikin based PC skills station is pre-configured to assess adequate mask ventilation and intubation techniques.

Successful completion of Part I and Part II will result in

1. ACLS card mailed to Participant.
2. Certificate of attendance.
3. Award of CME credits.

CME
The completion of both portions of the SimTiki ACLS HeartCode course is accredited for 12 Physician CME credits or 14 Nursing CME credits through the online grading system.