Using SmartMan - The Menus

SmartMan uses a system of Windows and Menus. To identify where you are located within the software, you must know which Menu is showing. There are 3 main menus which you need to be able to identify: The Login Menu, The Main Menu, The Skills Set Menu. You also need to know when you are inside of an Activity window. If you wish detail on each button found on each menu, go to the page on Buttons.

Below are samples of what each Menu will look like. Depending on which Menu you are on, different buttons will be available.

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THE MENUS

The Login Menu - This appears when you start the software.

The Main Menu - This appears when you login or press the Menu Button from inside an Activity.

The Skills Set Menu - This is a window that appears at the Main Menu. You use this window to select a skill and an Activity

     Tabs in The Skill Set Menu

The Trainer Tools Menu

     Tabs in The Trainer Tools Menu

Sample In-Activity Screen - This changes depending on which activity you are in.

Windows - These open when you click a button which executes an action

Login Menu

Login Menu

 

 

When you start SmartMan, whether it is connected to the manikin or not, you will be at the Login Menu.

This Menu will display a window if the manikin is not connected. From here you can check to see that you have the latest version of the program. Click on Update.

To go to the Main Menu, you must login. You can do this by clicking on Practice Session or by creating a login or if you already have logins, selecting an existing login.

Create A login User
Buttons On this Page
Help Button
Quit Button
Update Button
All Results Button
Resize Button
Previous Results

Main Menu

Main Menu

 

 

As soon as you Login, you will be at the Main Menu. You will see that the Skill Set Menu is Available from here. You select the skill and then the activity from here.

From the Main Menu, you must click on the Login Next User Button to have someone perform results and record them under that different login. All results for activities are stored under the current login. The name of the current login is at the bottom of the Login Window.

You are also able to register logins and you can decide whether to send results to the server or not. It is defaulted to off when each login comes to this menu.

It has the following Buttons:

Registration Button
Login Next User Button
SmartMan is Offline/Online Button
Help Button
Quit Button
Trainer Tools Button
Resize Button
Previous Results
All Results Button
Resize Button
Previous Results

Skills Set Menu

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Click on one of the skills. This will open a range of activities. The activities will depend on the product you have.

Compressions - These activities focus on chest compressions only. No ventilations are perform. If ventilations are required, they are simulated by the computer.
Ventilations - These activities focus on ventilations only. No chest compressions are performed.
CPR - These activities require both chest compressions and ventilations to be performed.
Tutor - These activities teach you how to perform sub-skills.
ADV CPR - These activities include advanced airway CPR and Megacode.

Tabs In Skills Set Window

Skill Set Tabs

 

 

Compressions - These activities focus on chest compressions only. No ventilations are performed. If ventilations are required, they are simulated by the computer.

Ventilations - These activities focus on ventilations only. No chest compressions are performed.

CPR - These activities require both chest compressions and ventilations to be performed.

Tutor - These activities teach you how to perform sub-skills.

ADV CPR - These activities include advanced airway CPR and megacode.

Trainer Tools Menu

Trainer Tools Menu

 

 

This Menu is NOT available in all products. There are a number of tabs in this Menu. The particular tool that appear will depend on the product wich you have purchased.

When you first enter the Trainer Menu, it is defaulted to display the option to create a zip file of results and email the,

When you click on the other tabs you will have other options.

Tabs In Trainer Tools Menu

Trainer Tools Tab

 

Login Tools Tab - This area makes it easier to produce multiple logins and to produce bulk registrations. To perform bulk registrations you must be connected to the internet.

Results Tools Tab - This allows you to create a zip file of results and send them to a specified email address. Enter the fiel name in Field 1, and enter teh email address where you want to send the file in Field 2. Then click on the Send Results Button.

The Trainer Tools Menu defaults to this Tab.

How Do I ...Tab This opens a browser to this section on the website. You must be connected to the internet to use this feature.

Example of Activity Window

Example Activity Window

 

 

When you select an activity you will move to the Activity window. Depending on which activity you select, different buttons will be available.

The main feedback area will be along the bottom. That is the section which has the large Start Button on it.

Click on Start or press the SPACE BAR to being the activity.

Windows

Buttons which execute actions will open in a window.

Most windows can be moved around the screen. To move the window, click on the top of the window, hold the mouse button and drag. This is particularly useful if you have stretched the SmartMan Screen so that you have more space on your screen. You can open several windows with information relating to the skills performance.

Most windows are toggled on and off by pressing the button once and then pressing it again.

Since windows are transparent, it is possible to have a couple windows showing through each other. Click the button to turn off (hide) the window that you do not want to show. How many windows you can display will depend on the resolution and size of the screen you are using.