PACEMAKER AND DEFIBRILLATOR TEACHING SYSTEM WITH CARELINK AND HOMEMONITORING REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING

Special implant connection module was developed to combine full features of two commercial heart rhythm simulators, ARSI-4 and Intersim II, into a master-slave teaching system. Seven workstations were equipped with the Carelink and Homemonitoring remote patient monitoring systems. This combination enables in- vitro training of physicians, nurses and students in pace- maker and defibrillator measurements during implan- tation and individual programming in the follow-up. Thus, extended sets of arrhythmias and electrode problems can be used to simulate problems and their solutions in a wide range of the clinical routine.