Is this included in my organisation's licence?

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.

Can I take it on my own?

Yes, as a Deep Dive for $199 one-time, or in the Ready Technician Full family for $899. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

A branch is a short focus within the Ready Technician track, sold on its own as a Deep Dive and in the Full family: the same shift structure, built on the core's competencies, with the device families and cases of one area of work.

Which level should I choose?

Easy, Medium or Hard. A short baseline check on day one places you, or you can choose. Easy starts with worked examples and the simulation coach; Hard is independent, interleaved and timed. The same competencies are assessed at every level.

What do I get at the end?

The BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Ready Technician, Critical Care, naming the track and the level you completed, and a portfolio of the real work documents you made along the way.

How much time does it take?

6 weeks, 3-5 hours a week, in items of a few minutes to about half an hour. Lessons, illustrations, checks and studios on a phone; simulations and the Device Lab best on a laptop.

Which languages is it in?

Essentia answers and explains in English, Arabic and Chinese. The course lessons and the Device Lab are in English, and every track page is also in Arabic.

Ready TechnicianCritical Care

Branch · The ICU

Ready Technician:Critical Care

Ventilators, monitoring networks, infusion systems and balloon pumps in the ICU.

For: Hospitals that need technicians who can support ICU life support: ventilators, transport and oxygen, balloon pumps, ECMO, monitoring and point-of-care gases.

Before you start: Ready Technician (core) completed or in progress: this branch assumes the core's competencies and builds the Critical Care specialism on them.

Start free: week 1 of a track Book a demo for your team

Your mentor, a character in the trackDr Amira HaddadHead of Clinical Engineering

Length: 6 weeks
Time: 3-5 hours a week
Levels: Easy, Medium, Hard
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
On your own: $199, 12 months

Ready Technician: Critical Care: Device Lab 8, ECMO — Device Lab 8 · ECMO

The arc · 6 weeks · The ICU

What you'll be able to do

The job, done properly.

Diagnoses ventilation problems in circuits, humidification, interfaces and sensors
Prepares transfers with correct oxygen and battery arithmetic
Supports balloon pumps and ECMO: timing, triggers, drives, power and the hand crank
Finds the broken assumption behind ICU measurement faults
Triages interleaved ICU failures by patient risk

The story

BMEssentia Medical City Hospital, the ICU (Medical Rooms 1-7, L6), CCU and the cath lab.

Dr Amira HaddadHead of Clinical Engineering · your mentor (a character in the track)

“Know your sensor's physics. A hot-wire anemometer cannot tell flowing gas from evaporating water.”

Inside the track

What you actually use, every week.

The real screens: My track, a step with your mentor, a simulation, your skills map and the certificate.

**A step with your mentor in the Device Lab**The step names what to look at on the real device, with hints that never give the answer away.Shown: Ventilator with Dr Amira Haddad, this track's mentor

**A simulation**Real hospital work in Medical City, scored and debriefed, at your level.

**Your skills map**This track's own competencies, from your baseline to mastery. They move only on evidence.Shown: a sample learner's progress

**The certificate**A Certificate of Completion in the track's colours, with the work behind it.Shown: a sample for Kwabena Owusu, a fictional learner

The arc

6 weeks, one running case.

Each week is one working shift: learn, see inside, do, work, think, check, reflect. Open a week to see its real steps.

Your job cards, one a week

Week 1ICU ventilation: humidity, sensors and interfacesVentilator circuit and humidification fault note
Week 2Transport, oxygen and the journeyTransfer readiness checklist with oxygen calculation
Week 3The intra-aortic balloon pumpIABP readiness and swap procedure
Week 4ECMO: the circuit, the console and the crankECMO console and circuit check record
Week 5Monitoring, pressures, gases and temperatureICU measurement fault casebook (three cases)
Week 6Boss week: ECMO NightICU night handover

Week 1ICU ventilation: humidity, sensors and interfaces5.1 h
Bays 3 and 4: tidal volumes creep up every night.
- DoTech Detective: Rain in the Expiratory Limb25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: ICU turbine ventilator, checkpoints 1-22 of 6925 min
- WorkFault studio: the creeping tidal volumes15 min
- LearnTherapeutic Medical Devices ch. 7, lesson 3: Types of Ventilators15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: Ventilator circuit and humidification fault note
Week 2Transport, oxygen and the journey4.8 h
The CT transfer that ran out of oxygen between floors.
- DoPatient Safety simulation: Between Floors25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Transport turbine ventilator, checkpoints 1-22 of 6925 min
- WorkProcedure studio: the pre-transfer check15 min
- LearnDevice Library, Ventilator: Safety, 'Transport'10 min
- + 10 more steps
You make: Transfer readiness checklist with oxygen calculation
Week 3The intra-aortic balloon pump5.2 h
A balloon rupture at 03:00 and a paced patient's poor augmentation.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: Cath Lab Day25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: ECG trigger, checkpoints 1-29 of 8030 min
- WorkProcedure studio: IABP readiness and console swap15 min
- LearnTherapeutic Medical Devices ch. 4, lesson 7: Timing of the IABP15 min
- + 12 more steps
You make: IABP readiness and swap procedure
Week 4ECMO: the circuit, the console and the crank5.3 h
ECMO: a sweep line, a drive cable and a lying battery.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: ECMO Night (ECMO jobs)25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Veno-venous ECMO, checkpoints 1-20 of 7120 min
- WorkMaintenance studio: ECMO console checklist15 min
- LearnProsthetic Devices ch. 4, lesson 3: Components of Artificial Lung Devices15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: ECMO console and circuit check record
Week 5Monitoring, pressures, gases and temperature5.7 h
Afternoon gases, an overshooting blanket and half an end-tidal.
- DoTech Detective: After Lunch, the Gases Lie25 min
- See insideGuided learning, day 1: Benchtop analyser, checkpoints 1-23 of 7525 min
- WorkInvestigate studio: the afternoon QC failures15 min
- LearnInstrumentation ch. 11, lesson 5: Capnography15 min
- + 13 more steps
You make: ICU measurement fault casebook (three cases)
Week 6Boss week: ECMO Night3 h
ECMO Night.
- DoClinical Engineer simulation: ECMO Night (all eight jobs, interleaved)40 min
- WorkDocument studio: ICU night handover15 min
- CheckCheck: interleaved ICU12 min
- ReflectObserved: an ICU life-support call handled end to end30 min
- + 4 more steps
You make: ICU night handover

Proof

Only evidence counts.

A step is done when there is evidence: a simulation score, a saved work document, a passed check or a signed observation. Opening a page never ticks anything.

Before and afterThe same baseline check on day one and in the final week, scored per competency.
Mastery, not attendanceBelow-threshold competencies route to their named remediation and a re-check.
The audit packYour weekly work documents and capstones, ready for a supervisor, an employer or an inspector.

The certificate

BMEssentia Certificate of Completion: Ready Technician, Critical Care

It names the track and the level you completed. Your portfolio holds the work behind it.

All weeks' required items done
Final check at or above the level's pass mark
At least 6 of 8 branch competencies at mastery
Capstone graded 60 or above (core tracks) or every branch device signed off (clinical branches)
Institutions: supervisor or educator sign-off; individuals: self-assessed with evidence, shown as such

ICU life-support readiness review

Review the readiness of your ICU's life-support fleet (ventilators, transport ventilators, balloon pumps, ECMO): spares, batteries tested on battery, retention of drives and connectors, configurations, consumables.

Evidence it gives: Readiness evidence for ICU life-support equipment.

Transfer safety: the oxygen and power audit

Audit every transport ventilator, monitor and pump used for transfers: cylinder settings, oxygen arithmetic in the checklist, battery runtime, charging contacts, mounts.

Evidence it gives: Transfer equipment audit with corrections.

ICU measurement casebook

Document three real ICU measurement or life-support faults you handled (anonymised), each with the broken assumption, the evidence and the prevention.

Evidence it gives: Traced corrective maintenance in critical care.

Three levels

Easy, Medium or Hard.

A baseline check on day one places you, or you choose. The competencies are the same at every level; the support and the pressure change.

Easy

Baseline under 50% · simulations at Foundation

Worked examples first, then guided practice. Simulations at Foundation difficulty with the coach on and marking as you go. Fewer cases per week (the extra and hard-only cases are hidden). Mastery thresholds 10 points lower.

Medium

Baseline 50% to 74% · simulations at Practitioner

Guided to independent: the standard track. Simulations at Practitioner difficulty, the coach hidden but available, the extra cases each week from the middle of the track, mastery thresholds as stated.

Hard

Baseline 75% and above · simulations at Expert

Independent and interleaved: every simulation at Expert difficulty, all extra and hard-only cases, stricter mastery thresholds (+5), and time pressure.

Ways to get this track

On your own, with a plan, or with your organisation.

Deep Dive

This Deep Dive

$199for 12 months

The track's lessons, labs and Medical City scenarios
The certificate when you finish
The track mentor: 100 questions for the track, more with credit top-ups
Or the Ready Technician Full family: $899

General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Subscribe within 30 days and what you paid counts toward your plan.

Start free: week 1 of a track

Premium · Pro

Included in Premium and Pro

$299a year with Premium

Premium: 1 active track family at a time, this one or any other
Pro: 3 active track families at a time, with heavy AI use
Or Premium at $39 a month; one-time tracks cost 25% less with Premium, 40% less with Pro

Get Premium

Organisation licence

Every track for every seat

Every track and product, and the dashboard
Enrol people or cohorts and follow their progress
Seats for a year, an academic year or a semester

Certificate of Completion: Ready Technician, Laboratory and Point of Care

Deep Dive · $199 · 12 monthsIncluded in every organisation licenceSee the track

FAQ

Answers before you start.

Anything else, write to the team and we answer directly.

Yes. An organisation's licence includes every track, core and branch, with the Platform, Medical City, Essentia, the App and the dashboard. Your organisation enrols you on the track, and it appears under My track; there is nothing extra to buy.
Yes, as a Deep Dive for $199 one-time, or in the Ready Technician Full family for $899. One payment opens it for 12 months under My track: the track's lessons, labs, Medical City scenarios, the certificate and the track mentor (100 questions per track, more with credit top-ups). General Essentia, the Studios and Design are not included. Where a week asks for your organisation's own documents, you work from BMEssentia's sample hospital documents instead, and observed sign-offs become self-assessed with evidence.

Start free: week 1 of a track Request a demo