CAE Healthcare Ares, User Manual

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Ares Features
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CAE Ares
Scenarios
Each scenario is a set of simulator commands that instruct or cause the simulator to react or respond
in a specific manner. Scenarios are used to determine the initial and subsequent physiological states
as well as the different conditions that arise during the simulation exercise. Each scenario also
includes documentation to support its use.
By utilizing the SCE Designer feature of the Maestro software, users can copy and modify the
preconfigured scenarios or create custom scenarios from scratch to meet specific educational
objectives.
Instructors may also modify events within a given scenario in real-time to increase or decrease event
severity and shorten or prolong the duration of an event at any time during a simulation exercise.
For instructions on modifying scenarios and creating new scenarios, refer to the Maestro for Ares User
Guide .
System Controls
Ares is designed to allow the instructor to focus attention on learner actions and reactions by
providing a flexible set of tools that adjust to the instructor’s needs.
Application Software
CAE Maestro software is the application that provides the instructor a means to control all features of
the simulator. Instructors can select SCEs as well as control the flow of the scenarios via the user
interface. Various medication, cardiovascular, respiratory, fluid, and other parameters can be
individually applied “on the fly” to enhance the course of a simulation exercise. A Patient Status
Display and set of simulation log entries provide a real-time display of vital signs, blood gases,
medications administered, and other events. This data can be exported into permanent storage or
printed for future reference.
System Tools
An instructor workstation enables the instructor to control all aspects of the simulator. Instructors
can select an SCE and control the flow of a simulation exercise while monitoring patient parameters,
medications administered, and other interventions. Additionally, all patient parameters can be
adjusted “on the fly” to enhance the teaching points of the simulation in progress. The software
provides an intuitive, easy-to-learn, and easy-to-use operator/instructor interface.