What is Med Sim App?
Med Sim App is a flexible, instructor-led medical simulation platform designed to improve clinical training through realistic, dynamic patient scenarios. It allows instructors to control patient conditions in real time while students respond to evolving situations — just like they would in the field or at the bedside. The app was built to be easy to use, removing the need for expensive manikins or complicated software setups, and making simulation training accessible to any healthcare or emergency services program.
With Med Sim App, instructors can adjust vital signs, and patient conditions based on student actions, decisions, and learning objectives. The platform is entirely web-based and compatible with most modern devices, giving you the freedom to run simulations in classrooms, labs, or remote settings. It’s a powerful tool for enhancing clinical judgment, teamwork, and critical thinking skills in a risk-free, educational environment.
How Does Med Sim App Work?
Everything in Med Sim App centers around a case, which is a collection of current vital signs and patient conditions. Each case is unique and identified by a five-letter case code. Anyone with this code can view and interact with the case from the student’s perspective. For example, students can view the case through their preferred cardiac monitor or ventilator interface. However, having the case code alone provides view-only access — meaning students can interact within their device’s interface, like delivering a shock, but those actions are recorded only in that device’s log and don’t change the overall case.
To control, adjust, or update a case, an Instructor PIN — a simple four-digit number — is required. With both the case code and Instructor PIN, instructors can modify cases from any web browser. All changes are made in real time. There’s no pre-programming or pre-loading next steps; the instructor actively adjusts the case to match student decisions and meet specific learning objectives as the scenario unfolds.
What makes Med Sim App stand out is its simplicity. Everything runs through a standard web browser — there’s no need to set up travel routers, connect devices to special networks, or call IT to open a port. Students simply enter the case code on their devices, while instructors manage updates from any device. It’s designed to be the easiest simulation tool to set up and start using , whether you’re in a classroom, simulation lab, or running a remote training session.
How to Access Cases?
To login visit https://medsim.app/login. The first thing you will need to enter is your unique case code, if you don't have one you may purchase one by visiting https://medsim.app/pricing. Next, answer how you plan to use this device. If you select a student view such as a cardiac monitor or ventilator you're all set to login as these are view only screens.
If you select Instructor Controller another field will display requiring the instructor pin. Once entered you may access the Instructor Control Panel (ICP) where you're able to make real-time case updates.
Login Options
Instructor Controller: Allows you to make updates and changes to your case.
Generic Cardiac Monitor: Allows you to provide students with a standard cardiac monitor experience without being branded to one specific device.
X Cardiac Monitor: Allows you to closely simulate a common X Series cardiac monitor.
R Cardiac Monitor: Allows you to closely simulate a common R Series cardiac monitor.
LP 15 Cardiac Monitor: Allows you to closely simulate a common LP 15 cardiac monitor.
Did you know?
To make getting started easier once you log in the case code, screen, and if applicable instructor pin are saved in the URL. That means once you're logged in you can bookmark that page or Add a website icon to your Home Screen (https://support.apple.com/en-qa/guide/iphone/iph42ab2f3a7/ios) to make it easier to come back to your case.
The Instructor Control Panel (ICP)
The Instructor Control Panel (ICP) is mobile friendly meaning you can update cases easily from your phone, tablet, or computer.
Points of Interest
After making your updates you need to press Update Case to send your changes, and the student screen will automatically update every 1 second.
You can enable/disable values using the blue checkmark to the left of certain values.
Example: Uncheck the box to the left of the Heart Rate to turn the value off, simulating a patient not being connected to the monitor.
The drop down’s allow you to select different waveform styles based on the waveform being changed.
The student's monitor will not automatically respond to actions such as shocks, pacing, and synchronization. You must update the case as they interact with the monitor.
When the student presses the 12 lead button a window will open displaying an image with the link you provide. You may use 12 leads you find online or ones you host on platforms such as Good Drive, Drop Box, or One Drive. Just enter the public share link.
Note: Links but be to an image, and not a webpage.
Did You Know?
You can use a tool like https://www.qr-code-generator.com/ to convert your ICP url into a QR code to allow instructors easy access to control your case.
Student Views
Cardiac Monitor Features & Functions
Every cardiac monitor in MSA includes the same features and functions, and they all operate the same way. The only difference between them is their visual theme. MSA wasn’t built to perfectly replicate commercial monitors feature-for-feature, but rather to deliver a realistic, believable experience that effectively suspends disbelief during simulation.
NIBP: When the NIBP/Blood Pressure button the sound of a blood pressure machine will be heard. The instructor may choose to update the patient's blood pressure at this time.
12 Lead: When the 12-lead button is pressed, a window will appear displaying the image linked in the Instructor Control Panel (ICP).
Print/Log: Every student action and case update is documented in a session log that is temporarily saved. This log is lost/reset everytime the page is re-loaded. You have the option of printing the log for review/debrief/grading.
Analyze: When the analyze button is pressed the system will play Shock Advised if the current rhythm is VTach or VFib, and will play No Shock Advised for all other sounds.
Shock: When pressed an electrical shock sound is made, and the event is saved to the case log.
Sync: When pressed the sync button will change colors indicated sync mode is enabled, and dashes will be found over the ECG waveform. If the student presses the shock button, the log will mention that sync mode was enabled.
Pace: When pressed the pace button will change colors indicating pace mode is enabled, the pace rate will now be able to be changed, and when energy is increased or decreased the value will be in mA instead of Joules.
Rate +/-: Pace mode must be enabled, to increase or decrease the current rate selection. In the X Cardiac Monitor the up/down arrow changes pacing rate.
Energy +/-: Outside of pace mode the energy +/- buttons increase or decrease Joules, if pace mode is enabled they change mA energy settings.
Clock: A clock is provided in local time to the users, and these are the times used in the activity log.