Using the Software


SmartMan helps people perform better CPR. To learn how to get the most of the software, we recommend that you go through each of the following sections.

• Start the Software
• Login
• Login a Different User
• Login At a Later Time
• Register a User
    - Register and Using a Template
    - Register If using version before 3.7
    - Register a Second Time or More
    - Register Using Bulk Registration
• Calibrate the Manikin
    - Solve Issues with Calibration
    - Suggestions on how to get it correct
    - Accuracy of the Values
• Skills Menu
    - Compressions, Ventilations
    - CPR, Advanced Airway
    - Practice or Test
    - Intermediate or Advanced
• View or Print Detail of Skill Performance
    - View Detail of Performance Immediately
    - View Detail of Performance Later
    - Create a Printed Report
  

 Understanding the Feedback
SmartMan's visual feedback is the most comprehensive yet easiest to understand in CPR.

Colors
Aim to get everything bright green. If any of the important parameters do not fit within the guidelines, then it will be some other color.

• Colors Summary
• Detail - Colors in Compressions
• Detail - Colors in Ventilations
• Detail - Colors in CPR
• Detail - Colors with Advanced Airway
• Visual Feedback
• At-a-Glance

A Few Numbers
In ventilations we also provide you with a couple of important numbers once you have completed the skills performance. These give you an exact figure.

• Numbers in Ventilations
• Numbers in Advanced Airway

Detailed Analysis
After each test you can review your overall score as well as see a breakdown of your score by sub-skills.

Login
You must create a login name to use SmartMan. When the SmartMan program starts up, you must either create a new login or click on an existing login. Use a name you will recognize again and find easily. The only time you will use the name you have chosen is on this log in or when you need to use the SmartMan program again.

You will then be asked for a password. Enter the password, the hit 'Continue' or 'Enter'. If this is a new login in you will be asked to confirm your password. Next click on 'continue'. The program will then check to verify that the computer has a proper connection through the TIK to the manikin. If there is a fault you should check the cables, then try to enter your login information again.

Once your login is verified you will be taken to the SmartMan Main Menu.

The Login Procedure
You must create a login to use SmartMan. When the SmartMan program starts up, you must either create a new login or click on an existing login. Use a name you will recognize again and find easily. The only time you will use the name you have chosen is on this log in or when you need to use the SmartMan program again.

You will then be asked for a password. Enter the password, the hit 'Continue' or 'Enter'. If this is a new login in you will be asked to confirm your password. Next click on 'continue'. The program will then check to verify that the computer has a proper connection through the TIK to the manikin. If there is a fault you should check the cables, then try to enter your login information again.

Once your login is verified you will be taken to the SmartMan Main Menu.

Login a Different User
On the ACTIONS MENU click on the button with the label "Login Next User". This will take you back to the initial login described above.

Login at a Later Time
When you next come back to SmartMan, either when you start the program or if you press "Login Next User", select your name from the list. When you enter the first letter or number for your login in the computer will display those logins that start with that letter or number.

Click on your name and then enter your password.

You may choose to log in at a later time to practice skills or to take a test. Or you may wish to examine your results from a previous session.

When you start SmartMan you must create a login with a password.
Then you need to register. Every person must register to use SmartMan. You must be connected to the internet to register.

From the Main Menu, click on the "Register" button. Fill in the form and submit it. You must have a key code in order to complete this form.

When you have successfully registered you will receive a Student Number. Keep a note of this number as it allows you full access to all of the SmartMan sections. It will also be sent to the email address which you used.  

NOTE: Versions 3.7 and after provides a much simpler and quicker way to register and to use the template.

We suggest that you upgrade the software on your machines to take advantage of these new features.

If you are running a version before 3.7 go here.

Register And Using the Template
There are 2 different systems for setting up a template. If you are using a version before version 3.7 go here. If you are using the current version (Version 3.7 and later) continue below. You will see the following form which only has 5 fields which you must fill in.


At the bottom of the page there are 2 buttons.



The "Save To Template" Button will save any information which is filled in, into a template.

When another person comes in to register, they will be able to fill in the information you have saved in that template by pressing the "Read From Template" button.

Suggestion: Fill in the key code, then press the "Save as template" button.
When anyone registers, they start by pressing the "Read from Template" button. That will put the key code in for them.

The Key Code

When a proper key code has been entered, you will see a check mark.

When the form is complete, continue button as below:

Register a Second Time or More
If your current login is current, you cannot register again. The register button will be grayed out. If all of the practices or tests have been used up, create a new login, fill out the registration form and submit it.

If your registration has expired, then you can still use the existing login. In version 3.7 and later, if you used the same login name and password, the registration form should be pre-filled. Simply submit it and you will be re-registered.

Register Using Bulk Registration
This utility program allows a trainer or group leader to pre-register as many people as they want. It is designed for use if you want to pre-register more than a couple dozen people at once.

Here is how it works:

1. Download the Excel Template file.
2. Fill in the information on each person.
3. Attach the file to an email and send it to us.

We pre-register all your people for you. This verifies the accuracy of the files, creates the necessary seats on the server and makes sure everything is ready to go. We then send you back a zip file.

You then:

1. Unzip the file
2. Copy the files in the records directory 
   (C:\V4EMS_DATA\V4EMS_3-7\records\)

The logins can go onto multiple machines if required. When a student goes to login, they then click on their name, enter the assigned password and are ready to use SmartMan.

Calibrating is the process of making sure that the manikin is providing accurate readings. Accurate Calibration is important to the proper recording of all skills.

SmartMan from v5.3.0.0 will auto calibrate. If you wish to calibrate to the factory settings or if you wish to calibrate manually go here.

Once you have logged in, you will arrive at the MAIN MENU. On the top left you will see the SKILLS MENU. If you have REGISTERED and CALIBRATED the manikin, the Options will be a clear white. If you have NOT done both of those, the options will be grayed out.

The SKILLS MENU is where you select all of the skills you will perform. Click on any option and another will drop down to give you options.

Compressions Menu: This Menu gives you options to practice or perform a test for CPR (30:2) or for continuous compressions.

Ventilations Menu: Here you can practice and take a test for performing ventilations for Rescue Breathing or for CPR.

CPR Menu: This allows you to select 1 or 2 person CPR and whether you will practice the skills or perform a test.

Advanced Airway Menu: This will only be available if you have an Advanced Airway Manikin and you have purchased users for the Advanced Airway.

Practice or Test
When you select a skill area, the next screen you see will ask whether you wish to perform a practice of that skill or whether you wish to perform a test of that skill. For some skills, there is only a practice as it is part of a larger skill. The practice session is normally shorter.

Each person who registers is permitted 20 of each practice.
Each person who registers is permitted 3 of each test.

PRACTICES = Shorter and focus
                      on specific sub-skills

TESTS = You need to put all of
              the skills together.

Standard or Advanced
Once you determine which skill you want to work on, and whether you will perform a practice or test, you will be asked to select Standard or Advanced.

Standard means you will be given the feedback as you perform skills. This helps you to adjust your performance and improve your skills.

Advanced means that you will not be given feedback as you perform skills. You will only see gray bars which indicate that the device is working and recording, but they will not indicate anything related to your performance. When the test or practice is complete, you will then see all colored graphs and the details of your performance.

As the data is recorded and thus when analyze later, the data file records whether the practice or test was performed in standard or advanced mode.

Standard = With Feedback

ADVANCED = NO Feedback

View Skills Performance Details Immediately
When you complete a practice or test, SmartMan will consolidate the data and then generate a a detailed display. You will be given an overall score and a break down of the component skills.

View At A Later Time
On the local Machine: All of your practice and test results have been saved on the local machine under your login name. To view your results, go back to that machine, login.

Select "View Previous Results", select the skill area. There will be a list of the practices and tests that you completed. Click on one, then press the continue button.

Print a Detailed Report
To print results, you must be logged in to the person who performed the skills. you can do this immediately after they have performed a practice or test or you can viewing the results at a later time.

Print Screen. Results must be showing for the Print Screen Button to appear. Press the Print Screen Button to make a copy of any page.

Print Button. Results must be showing for the Print Button to appear. Press the Print Button to create an html page with a summary of the results. If your browser has not been loaded into memory, it will take 30 seconds to load. From then on the results will appear much more quickly. If you have defaulted your browser to keep active-X turned off, it will prompt you to turn it on. Active-X must be on so that the numbers will appear.

To save an html page with the numbers showing so that you can put it into Word or so you can show it later, save it as an archive or as an *.mht file.