Pediatric Emergency Guide
Dose meds by weight or age
Children's National Medical Center
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Description
Calculate medication doses for emergencies based on patient weight or age. Access clinical scenarios or alphabetical lists for drug information. Provide guidance on equipment use and protocols for critically-ill children.
This app allows users to dose pediatric emergency medicines and equipment to patient weight or age, organized by clinical situation or alphabetical list. It is ideal for paramedics, emergency physicians, urgent care physicians, pediatric residents, transport team members, and other health care professionals who care for critically-ill children.
This app was designed by a multi-disciplinary team of physicians, nurses, transport team members, and pharmacists affiliated with Children's National Health System.
The updated version contains med-dosing within PALS algorithms, improved style, error corrections, a new improved menu screen, and clinical protocol section. The original release won the Blue Aster award and was an adaptation of the popular "blue card" that was disseminated in the DC metropolitan area for years before mobile health.