Common Classroom Workflows

Seven proven patterns for getting value out of TMA in a real classroom.

1. Day-One Orientation (Week One of a Course)

Show a live monitor on a classroom TV in the first week. Pick Normal Sinus, load realistic adult vitals, walk students through what each waveform is showing. Cycle through sinus tach, A-fib, V-tach so they see the visual differences before they're ever asked to identify a rhythm under pressure. Thirty minutes, zero prep, no equipment to haul.

2. Skills Check-Off

Project the Display Monitor next to a manikin or skills station. Control vitals from your phone. As the student performs the skill — bag-valve-mask, splinting, IV start — change vitals in response to what they do. SpO2 rises with effective BVM. HR drops as pain control kicks in. Students learn to respond to the monitor, not just to a written scenario script.

3. Rhythm Recognition Quiz

In Display Controls, toggle Rhythm Identification off. Cycle through your quiz set. Students call the rhythm by looking at the trace alone — no label to give it away. Toggle it back on to confirm the answer.

4. Parallel Lab Stations (Multi-Session)

Use the Multi-Session feature to run multiple simultaneous sessions from one Controller. Each group has their own tablet showing a different scenario. Bounce between sessions in the session dropdown at the top of the Controller to manage all stations from one phone.

5. Make-Up Lab

A student missed lab. Open a laptop as the Controller, a phone as the Display Monitor, and run a 10-minute scenario in any room with an internet connection. Real scenario, no equipment.

6. Remote / Hybrid Simulation

The Controller and Display sync over the internet — the instructor and students don't need to be in the same room. Or the same city. Use this for remote campuses, hybrid programs, or bringing in a guest expert to "control" a scenario from off-site.

7. Classroom Demo on a Big TV

Connect a laptop or tablet to a classroom TV to display the Display Monitor. Instructor holds the Controller on a phone. The TV becomes the patient monitor the entire class watches simultaneously. This is exactly how TMA is demoed at trade shows — it stops people in their tracks.

Combining Features

Some combos worth knowing:

• Trend Apply + NIBP AUTO: BP auto-cycles during a trend, capturing a different reading each time — realistic deterioration teaching.
• INOP + Rhythm quiz: disconnect the ECG lead, ask students what they see, then reconnect and reveal the actual rhythm.
• Battery drain + skills scenario: start draining the battery at the beginning of a scenario. Students must notice the low-battery alarm and respond.