Tap a card to flip it. Only one card opens at a time and stays open 8 seconds. Re-open as needed. Then play the matching game.
🃏 Vocabulary Cards
🎯 Matching Game (12 pts)
Click a term, then click its definition.
TERMS
DEFINITIONS
When a patient deteriorates, the difference between life and death is how quickly someone recognizes the pattern in the vitals and starts the right intervention. The universal framework is the ABCs: Airway, Breathing, Circulation — checked in that exact order, because each step depends on the one before it.
Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that can kill in minutes. Histamine causes vasodilation (BP plummets), bronchoconstriction (wheezing, low SpO₂), and tissue swelling that can close the airway. The first-line drug is epinephrine, given IM (usually thigh). Epi constricts blood vessels, opens airways, and reverses the reaction. Oxygen and IV fluids back it up.
Hypoglycemia — blood glucose under 70 mg/dL — is dangerous because the brain has no glucose stores. Early signs are sweating, shaking, and tachycardia from the sympathetic nervous system. As glucose drops further the patient becomes confused, slurs speech, and may seize. Treatment is glucose — orally if awake, IV dextrose (D50W) if not. Giving insulin to a hypoglycemic patient would be lethal.
Hypovolemic shock from blood or fluid loss progresses in stages. Early on, the heart compensates with tachycardia and BP can look deceptively normal. As loss continues, BP finally drops and perfusion to organs fails. Treatment is volume — large-bore IVs and crystalloid (normal saline), then blood. Pressors come after the tank is filled.
Some emergencies require intubation — placing a tube in the trachea to secure the airway. Others reach cardiac arrest, where a Code Blue is called and the team starts CPR. The goal is ROSC — return of spontaneous circulation. The rule never changes: read the vitals, identify the pattern, intervene, reassess.
🧩 Word Scrambler (1 pt)
Click words in order to rebuild the sentence.
🟢 Highlight in Green (1 pt)
Click each word that names an emergency condition, intervention, or stabilization concept.
❓ How / Why Questions (3 pts)
Answer in 2–3 sentences using clinical vocabulary.
🔗 Because / But / So (4 pts)
Complete each prompt three different ways using because, but, and so.
📋 Directions
- For each patient, click ▶ START SIM. The simulation runs for 3 full minutes with a live countdown timer.
- Three different emergencies will unfold — one at 0:00, one at 1:00, and one at 2:00. Each event causes the next, so watch the patient's story unfold.
- For EACH event you must:
- Pick the correct DIAGNOSIS from the multiple-choice options (2 pts each)
- Click the correct INTERVENTIONS to stabilize the patient (2 pts when fully resolved)
- Vitals will visibly improve as you treat correctly. When an event resolves, a 📚 Teaching Point reveals WHY your treatment worked.
- If you don't resolve an event before the next one triggers, it's marked missed. At the end, a 📋 Debrief shows every wrong move with feedback.
- Click the 🔇 button next to the timer to enable monitor sounds (EKG beeps + alarms). Optional but immersive.
- Each event = 4 points (2 dx + 2 intv). 3 events × 2 patients = 24 sim points total. Then complete the follow-up below.
📊 VITAL SIGNS REFERENCE
💊 CLINICAL ABBREVIATIONS YOU'LL SEE
🩺 Patient 1
🩺 Patient 2
📝 Simulation Follow-Up Questions (4 pts)
📋 Data Table — Emergency Drug Reference (4 pts)
Fill all three columns for each emergency. Each completed row = 1 point (4 total).
| Emergency | Primary Drug / Intervention | Why It Works | Do NOT Give / Contraindication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaphylaxis | |||
| Hypoglycemia | |||
| Hypovolemic Shock | |||
| Cardiac Arrest (V-fib) |
📈 Graph — Code Blue Event Trend
A 72-year-old patient on the cardiac unit deteriorated and went into cardiac arrest. The graph shows vital signs from 30 min before arrest, through CPR, to 30 min after ROSC. Use the trend to answer the questions.