ECG Training

iPhone, iPad and Android. Veterinary ECG education.

Practice every heart condition without waiting for the patient. A live canine ECG simulator, a learning game and a study library, for the rhythms that are hard to see in live animals.

Free to start. Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play.

ECG Training on an iPhone: the home wheel with three slices, Simulate, Learn and Practice, around a paw and a heartbeat.

The rhythm you need is never in the room.

Students, nurses and vets often finish training having never seen atrial fibrillation, complete AV block or ventricular tachycardia on a real monitor, because no animal with that condition was available.

ECG Training puts each one on the screen, as many times as you need. It is made for vet students, licensed veterinary nurses and practising vets who need safe, repeatable cardiology practice.

The simulator on an iPhone showing atrial fibrillation at 120 bpm on six leads, I, II, III, aVR, aVL and aVF, on ECG paper.

20canine heart conditions: normal, emergency, blocks, ectopics and more
6leads, live: I, II, III, aVR, aVL and aVF
7levels, from naming one wave to reading a full rhythm
2languages: English and Spanish

20 conditions, all included

Each one is generated by the engine, not played from a recording. Ask for a new dog and you get a new tracing of the same condition.

Normal Sinus Rhythm
Sinus Arrhythmia
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Flutter
Supraventricular Tachycardia
Ventricular Tachycardia
1st Degree AV Block
2nd Degree AV Block (Mobitz I)
2nd Degree AV Block (Mobitz II)
Complete AV Block
Left Bundle Branch Block
Right Bundle Branch Block
Wolff-Parkinson-White
Atrial Premature Complexes
Ventricular Premature Complexes
Sick Sinus Syndrome
P mitrale
P pulmonale
Left Axis Deviation
Right Axis Deviation

A patient you can change.

Every control acts on the live tracing, in the same clinical language you use at the ECG machine.

Condition and heart rate
Mean axis, inside the range that condition allows
Dog size: small, medium or large. Age: puppy, adult or senior
Change dog: a new random patient, same condition
6-lead view, gain and paper speed
Freeze the tracing, or turn on a beep on each QRS

The readout gives the rate, the axis and the P, PR, QRS and QT intervals of the dog on screen.

Realism you can combine

A clean tracing teaches the pattern. A noisy one teaches the clinic.

Extra realism layer: Baseline wander, muscle noise, electrode micro-noise and the effect of the respiratory rate.
Artifacts, on or off: Panting, muscle tremor, movement, poor electrode contact and tail wag. Turn on one or several, and learn to tell an artifact from an arrhythmia.

Seven levels. One wrong answer ends the last one.

Practice is a game with points, medals, XP and leaderboards.

Wave ID. Name the highlighted wave on the tracing.
Wave Meaning. What each wave represents electrically.
Rate & Intervals. Measure the rate and the P, PR, QRS and QT intervals.
Mean Axis. Estimate the frontal-plane electrical axis.
Sinus Rhythm vs Arrhythmia. Tell one from the other.
Rhythm ID. Diagnose the rhythm from the full tracing.
Sudden Death. Up to 20 rhythms in two minutes.

The Learning Game on an iPhone: 1840 XP, 3 of 7 levels cleared, with gold medals on Wave ID and Wave Meaning and Mean Axis ready to play.

Read it before you answer.

Every tracing states how it was recorded: the leads, the paper speed and the gain. Fast answers score more, and so do streaks.

There is also a free practice quiz with no levels. Choose what to be tested on: tachyarrhythmias, conduction blocks, premature complexes, atrial enlargement, axis deviation, or everything.

A Rhythm ID question on an iPhone: a fast wide-complex tracing on leads I, II and III at 25 mm/s and 10 mm/mV, with four answers to choose from.

The theory, next to the tracing.

Canine Electrocardiography: foundations, recording and interpretation.

The study library moves from physiology to reasoned arrhythmia identification: cardiac electrical physiology, from heart to ECG, technical recording and leads, the normal canine tracing, rate, rhythm and axis, and a ten-step reading method. Guides, tables and reference values, in the app.

The study library on an iPhone: Canine Electrocardiography, with chapters on cardiac electrical physiology, from heart to ECG, technical recording and leads, the normal canine tracing, and rate, rhythm and axis.

Train the eye before the emergency arrives.

ECG Training is the work of Javier Miana, PhD, and Marco Cebrián Muiño. It was built with veterinarians and physiologists, who reviewed and approved its content.

The iPhone, iPad and Android apps share one engine, so a condition looks the same on every device. For veterinary colleges, teaching hospitals and clinics: unlimited exposure to rhythms that live practice cannot guarantee.

The rest, in short

Free to start: Open the app and the simulator runs on a normal sinus rhythm. No account is needed.
Premium: All 20 conditions, every control, and Learn and Practice with progress and medals. A monthly or yearly subscription, managed by the App Store or Google Play.
Your account: Only Premium and the leaderboards need one. You sign in with Apple or Google, and you can delete the account in the app at any time. Read the privacy policy.
In your language: English and Spanish, including the study library. You can switch in the app.
For learning only: The tracings are simulated. The app does not record, read or interpret the ECG of a real animal.

ECG Training for iPhone, iPad and Android

Free to download, with a Premium subscription. Coming soon to the App Store and Google Play. Questions: mcebrian (at) ik.me

ECG Training is for instruction and learning only. It is not a medical device, and it must not be used to diagnose, monitor or treat any animal. Clinical decisions belong to a qualified veterinarian. Read the terms.