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Sources & references

Every scenario in Imedica is written against a published standard. Here is each one, with a link to the original.

Clinical guidelines

The standards our scenarios are written against. Doses, thresholds and destinations come from these documents.

  1. Advanced Life Support Patient Care StandardsOntario Ministry of Health · v5.4 (in force 2 June 2025)www.ontario.ca/files/2025-04/moh-advanced-life-support-als-patient-care-standards-pcs-5.4-en-2025-04-23.pdf(opens in a new tab)
  2. Basic Life Support Patient Care StandardsOntario Ministry of Health · v3.4 (in force 10 March 2023)www.ontario.ca/document/patient-care-documents-reference/basic-life-support-patient-care-standards(opens in a new tab)
  3. Patient care documents by referenceOntario Ministry of Healthwww.ontario.ca/document/patient-care-documents-reference(opens in a new tab)
  4. 2025 Guidelines for CPR and ECC, Part 7: Adult Basic Life SupportAmerican Heart Association · 2025cpr.heart.org/en/resuscitation-science/cpr-and-ecc-guidelines/adult-basic-life-support(opens in a new tab)
  5. 2025 Guidelines for CPR and ECC, Part 6: Pediatric Basic Life SupportAmerican Heart Association / American Academy of Pediatrics · 2025cpr.heart.org/en/resuscitation-science/cpr-and-ecc-guidelines/pediatric-basic-life-support(opens in a new tab)
  6. Canadian Stroke Best Practice Recommendations: Acute Stroke ManagementHeart & Stroke Foundation of Canadawww.strokebestpractices.ca/recommendations/acute-stroke-management(opens in a new tab)

Data

Recorded data the app plays back, such as the ECG rhythms on the scenario monitor.

  1. PTB-XL, a large publicly available electrocardiography dataset (CC BY 4.0)PhysioNet · 1.0.3physionet.org/content/ptb-xl/1.0.3(opens in a new tab)

Literature

Where the in-app research search finds published papers.

  1. Europe PMC (paper search in Research)EMBL-EBIeuropepmc.org(opens in a new tab)

How scenarios map to guidelines

Each scenario names the standard and the medical directive or protocol it follows. The same links appear in the app on the scenario brief, during the call and in the debrief.

A four-year-old who won't stop seizing
Acute stroke inside the treatment window
Adult cardiac arrest: BLS with an AED
Anaphylaxis after a wasp sting
Catastrophic bleeding from a chainsaw injury
Child pulled from a pool: two-rescuer BLS
Hypoglycemia with altered level of consciousness
Inferior STEMI with right ventricular involvement
Opioid toxicity with respiratory depression
Severe asthma in a tiring teenager

Not clinical advice

Imedica is a training tool for paramedics and students under supervision. It is not a medical device and not for clinical decisions. In practice, follow your local medical directives, your base hospital and your own clinical judgement. Where Imedica differs from them, they are right. Read the full medical disclaimer.

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