The Offline Emergency Medicine Simulation App
Train 150+ evolving emergency cases, ECG interpretation, POCUS, ACLS/PALS drills and clinical pathways. Built for doctors, nurses, paramedics, medics and students who may need to act before help arrives.
Born at sea. Built for care in hospitals, ambulances, aircraft, remote clinics, offshore sites and vessels.
- 150+ evolving emergency cases
- ECG interpretation and quiz practice
- POCUS acquisition and interpretation
- ACLS/PALS decision drills and pathways
- Offline-ready after setup
Free to start on the App Store and Google Play · Offline-ready after setup · Built by an emergency and maritime physician
5K+ downloads on Google Play
The Connectivity Problem
Why Offline Matters When Help Is Far Away
Emergencies happen in ambulances, aircraft, remote clinics, offshore installations and vessels — places where connectivity is absent, throttled or shared. The app is built for that reality.
Coverage Runs Out
Open ocean, mountain roads, rural districts and offshore installations all lose signal. Training that needs a live connection stops working exactly where the skills matter most.
Shared Bandwidth Is Not Reliable
Satellite and remote-site links are bandwidth-limited, weather-dependent and shared across everyone on board or on site.
Emergencies Don't Wait
A cardiac arrest, a deteriorating child, a medevac decision — these arrive on their own schedule. Rehearsal has to be available on yours.
References Must Be On Device
Pathways, drug data and calculators belong on the handset before the shift starts, not behind a download that may never complete.
Inside the App
What You Get in the Current Release
Six capability groups, all designed to be usable on a handset with no signal once the library is installed.
A session starts with a presenting patient rather than a chapter. Vitals move while you decide, the scene reflects the environment you chose, and the decisions you skip show up in what happens next. Short sessions are the point: most cases can be worked in under ten minutes on a break, and Shift and Night Watch modes string several together when you have longer. Every case ends with the reasoning laid out, so a wrong turn is a teaching point rather than a score.
Evolving Simulations
- 150+ emergency scenarios with changing vitals
- 2.5D patient scenes and branching decisions
- Hospital, prehospital and aeromedical settings
- Offshore, maritime, expedition and humanitarian settings
ECG Learning
- ECG library and quiz practice
- Annotated patterns with teaching notes
- Full 12-lead teaching views
- Rhythm recognition drills
POCUS Practice
- Probe placement and acquisition practice
- Interpretation exercises with feedback
- Clearly labelled teaching schematics
- Licensed clinical media where used
Pathways & Drugs
- ACLS/PALS decision drills
- Clinical pathways for time-critical presentations
- Drug formulary and drug-calculation lab
- Clinical calculators
Role-Aware Learning
- Doctor mode
- Nurse mode
- Paramedic / medic mode
- Student mode
Offline-Ready After Setup
- Training library stored on device
- Shift / Night Watch practice sessions
- Readiness insights kept locally
- Internet needed for install, purchase, restore and updates
Which Parts Matter Most for Your Role
- Doctors
- Undifferentiated presentations, resuscitation leadership and the decisions that come before transfer — plus the medevac reasoning covered in the ship doctor guide.
- Nurses
- Drug-calculation practice and recognising deterioration early, alongside the escalation language in the cruise nurse toolkit.
- Paramedics & medics
- Prehospital and offshore scenarios, scene decisions and structured handover, matched to the offshore medic toolkit.
- Students & trainees
- ECG and POCUS fundamentals in short practice sessions you can finish in six minutes, then apply in the worked case simulations.
Free to start on the App Store and Google Play
Get The Ship Doctor on iOS or Android
Start free with a complete introductory case and sample ECG and POCUS training. Pro unlocks the complete offline training library, advanced scenarios, Shift/Night Watch, full ECG and POCUS review, ACLS/PALS practice and readiness insights.
Free to start. Pro: $4.99/month or $39.99/year — save about 33%. US reference price; your store displays the final local price.
One subscription, all features, cancel anytime in the store.
Core training and references work offline after setup; installation, purchases, restoration, updates and some account services require internet access.
5K+ downloads on Google Play
Free Resource
Download the Free Red-Zone Emergency Card
A single-page maritime emergency reference card designed for immediate clinical use. Free, printable, and available right now.
Download Free Red-Zone CardTrust & Safety
Designed for Education & Operational Readiness
The app is designed as an educational and operational readiness tool. It does not store patient-identifiable information and does not replace local protocols, telemedical advice, regulatory requirements or clinical judgement.
What This Is, Stated Plainly
This is simulation and reference material written by a practising emergency physician. It is not an accredited course, and it does not certify, license or qualify anyone. The ACLS and PALS content is decision practice built around published resuscitation principles — it is not accredited ACLS or PALS provider training and does not substitute for a provider course. POCUS material teaches acquisition and interpretation using labelled schematics and licensed clinical media; scanning competence is assessed at the bedside by a supervisor, not by an app. Nothing here replaces the care of a patient in front of you.
Start with the Free Card. Then Start Training.
Begin with the free Red-Zone Emergency Card, then get The Ship Doctor for 150+ evolving emergency cases, ECG and POCUS practice, ACLS/PALS drills and clinical pathways — available now.