Video: Pocket Guides and E-Pocket Guides for EMS

by Greg Friese on July 1, 2009

in EMS Tips, Students

Do you have a pocket size protocol book or field guide that you carry with you during every shift? I carry our local protocols in my right pant leg protocol (tip: always put your “carry-in” items in the same place so you can find them quickly). I keep my copy of RAPID Paramedic in the truck and reference it often. In this video I discuss different types of pocket guides and books for first responders, EMTs, and Paramedics.

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Do you have a field guide application on your PDA, iPhone, BlackBerry or other smart phone? Tell me which apps work well for you. If you build apps for EMS professionals drop me a line so we can write a post about your application and its features.

Products discussed in this video:
RAPID Paramedic – Revised Reprint
EMS Field Guide: ALS Version
Emergency First Responder Text and Pocket Guide: Making the Difference

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  • On my iPhone are;
    - ePocrates (free) - (Drug Reference)
    - MedAbbrevs $0.99 - (1600+ medical abbreviations)
    - ERG $??? (Emergency Response Guidebook for looking up placard numbers and treatment for chemicals)
    - PEPID $free (LOADS of information on OD's and Toxicity)
    - Instant ECG $4.99 - (Some say, the best ECG app for the iPhone, I would agree. 12 leads, LOTS of info and tips, great for keeping sharp. Updated regularly.)
    - Skyscape (access to clinical studies/resources, drug info, etc...)
    - Eponyms (1600+ medical eponyms)
    - Acid Plus (for evaluating ABG info)
    - MedRef (for looking up Lab Values and Test Norms)
    - Discover(free)/Airsharing($4.99)/iDisk(free)/Dropbox(free) for giving me access to my PDF versions of all of my INFORMED™ guides, and other pocket-docs.
    - Speed Bones (for quizzing me on bone names & locations)
    - Speed Muscles (for quizzing me on muscle names & locations)

    Non/medical iPhone apps (but still related)
    - BPM Counter (For checking that my CPR Students are doing CPR properly and helping coach their rhythm.)
    - NavStation (for getting my RAW gps data in the case I need to call in coords)
    - Mental Case $2.99 (Sync-able flashcards for just about anything. I've written stacks for myself, and downloaded pre-made stacks from www.flashcardexchange.com)

    In my pocket are;
    - BLS Guide (Informed)
    - Ontario Paramedic Pocketguide (Soon, it hasn't shipped yet, it's been almost 2 months now)

    ... PartyStrobe is fun too, set to Red/White, crank up the brightness, and prank your partner while they're sleeping! (but I digress)

    Hope that's helpful! (I may crosspost this and expand it on my blog, now that I think about it.)
  • Definitely make this a blog post. I would be interested in what are the characteristics of a good app. You should also consider writing app reviews.
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