TechTool Thursday 059 PediPain

TechTool review PediPain by The Hospital For Sick Children on iOSPediPain is an app to provide you with correct paediatric dosing guidelines for administering effective pain management for children. It’s been developed by the Department of Anaesthesia at the Hospital for Sick Kids in TorontoWebsite: – iTunes – WebsiteDesignThe design looks ok, but I wouldn’t say they’ve pushed the boat out on the graphics. It works smoothly and doesn’t crash. The only irritating part of the user interface is when you are asked to add the weight and age – this part isn’t intuitive and no matter how many times I use the app, I keep making mistakes hereUser InterfacePediPain 1expand(document.getElementById('ddet830571850'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink830571850'))PediPain 2expand(document.getElementById('ddet500901956'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink500901956'))PediPain 3expand(document.getElementById('ddet1608103740'));expand(document.getElementById('ddetlink1608103740'))Clinical ContentThere are five main areas of the app:Drug dosesLocal anaesthetic doses for various procedural nerve blocksPain med dosing for surgical procedures including post-op medsEpidural dosingPain score assessment toolsThe main one I use is the drug doses section. When using the app you have to enter the weight and age of your patient. The app then provides you with the correct doses for all types of medications including antiemetics, anticonvulsants, and anti-pruriti...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Review Tech Tool PediPain Source Type: blogs