Recommended Mobile Apps for Emergency Medicine

A new review reveals the 10 most recommended applications (apps) for emergency department (ED) providers.

Compiled by Michelle Lin, MD, of San Francisco General Hospital (CA, USA), editor-in-chief of Academic Life in EM; Iltifat Husain, MD, of the University of Texas (San Antonio, USA), editor-in-chief of iMedicalApps; and Salim Rezaie, MD, of Wake Forest School of Medicine (Winston-Salem, NC, USA), and founder of R.e.b.e.l. EM, the 10 best apps were selected from almost 300 emergency medicine related apps available in the Apple App Store and Android Play market.

The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
AgileMD – a free, easy-to-use app that provides access to trusted, point-of-care (POC) handbooks, reference cards, and clinical protocols.
CPR Tempo – provides audio and visual cues to aid the timing of chest compressions during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Timers are also provided for rhythm checks after defibrillator shocking and for epinephrine administration.
EMRA PressorDex – a comprehensive therapeutic guide to the myriad of pressors, vasoactive drugs, continuous infusions, and other medications needed to treat the critically ill patient.
ERres – a POC bedside tool containing the various calculators, medication lists, algorithms, decision rules, clinical policies, and core content most often looked up by emergency care providers.
Micromedex Drug Information – a comprehensive drug information app that does not require an internet connection or registration.
palmPEDi – a pediatric app designed for caring for children in an emergency or intensive care setting that takes a child's weight or Broselow indicators into account for CPR.
Perfect OB Wheel – a reference app for calculation a quick estimate of a fetus's gestational weight.
READ – a medical and scientific journal app that allows users to browse abstracts from a personalized list of journals.
SonoSupport – a clinical ultrasound reference tools app that helps perform clinical ultrasound examinations at the POC.
Evernote – an app that takes notes, captures photos, creates to-do lists, and records voice reminders.

The list of recommended apps was published online on February 24, 2014, in Emergency Medical Journal.

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San Francisco General Hospital
University of Texas, San Antonio
Wake Forest School of Medicine