Android apps by Informed Publishing

EMS ACLS Guide

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:23:26 +0000

Advanced Life Support with ACLS

* Quick navigation to critical information
* Custom bookmarks let you quickly return to your favorite pages
* Search capability
* Add notes to a page
* Calculators

TOPICS INCLUDE

* Current ACLS Algorithms
* 12-Lead EKG Section & Acute MI
* Airway Management / RSI
* Top Prescription Drugs
* Emergency & ACLS Drugs
* IV Drips, Drug Infusions, Dosages
* Poisons & Overdose / “Rave” Drugs
* Medical Emergencies Section
* Fibrinolytics for AMI & Stroke / CVA
* Childbirth, Diabetic, Respiratory Distress
* Pediatric Resuscitation, Drug Doses, Vitals
* Trauma, Triage, MCI, Glasgow Coma Scales
* Pulse Oximetry, Infectious Diseases
* Quick EMS Spanish Translations
* Lab Values, Metrics, Notes
* Interactive calculators

“THE ORIGINAL AND STILL THE BEST” —EMS Magazine

The original EMS Field Guide® from Informed Publishing—the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986 —is now available as an Android Application.

Twenty-three years after publication, the EMS Field Guide remains the most widely-used reference in EMS history. Carried in the pockets, phones and emergency vehicles of millions of first responders, this is the guide EMS Magazine calls “the original and still the best.”

The EMS Field Guide app puts critical information at your fingertips with rich content, detailed illustrations and pioneering features. This app is available in two editions— Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Basic & Intermediate Life Support (BLS)—designed specifically to correspond with each tier of EMT certification and practice, so you know you have the right tool for your job.

The Advanced Life Support (ACLS) app equips the Paramedic or EMT-P to triage and address trauma. It provides fast, easy access to vital assessment information, medications, and drug doses; quick interpretation of 12-Lead EKGs; and the latest CPR and ACLS algorithms from the American Heart Association (AHA). The ACLS app is also suitable for Intermediates whose practice orders require a more detailed understanding of these topics.

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Recent changes:
Additional AHA Updates\n\nMinor changes based on user feedback

EMS BLS Guide

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:48:49 +0000

The guide in every EMT’s pocket is now available as an app for Android Phones.

Features include:

* Quick navigation to critical information
* Custom bookmarks let you quickly return to your favorite pages
* Search capability
* Add notes to a page
* Calculators

“Informative, easy to follow and distinct in their message, I would recommend Informed’s guides without reservation.”
—Joseph A. Grafft, Past President, National Association of EMS Educators

The guide in every EMT’s pocket is now available as an app for Android Phones.

Informed Publishing, the trusted leader in emergency reference information, introduced the original EMS Field Guide® in 1986. Today it is still the most widely used reference in EMS history, trusted by millions of paramedics, nurses and physicians. Whether you are a student or a 20-year veteran of emergency medical services, this guide gives you fingertip access to all the essential information you need to perform your job.

This app puts critical information at your fingertips with rich content, detailed illustrations and pioneering features. The EMS Guide app is available in two editions, Basic & Intermediate Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS), each designed specifically to correspond with the respective tier of EMT certification and practice—so you know you have the right tool for your job.

The Basic & Intermediate (BLS) app is designed for those with entry- through immediate-levels of EMT certification. It is updated with the latest cardiac arrest and CPR guidelines from the American Heart Association. This edition features the latest EMS protocols, and information about EKGs, home medications and much more. This is the resource you will use in classroom training and in practice throughout your career.

TOPICS INCLUDE

* Current AHA Guidelines
* Prescription Drugs
* Meds / Airway / Intubation
* Basic & Intermediate EMS protocols
* Basic & Intermediate Medications
* Defibrillation
* EKG Rhythms
* Anatomy, Signs & Symptoms
* Poisons & Overdoses
* Infectious Diseases
* Spell Checker
* Medical Abbreviations
* Mnemonics
* Charting
* Pediatric Emergencies
* Pulse Oximetry
* O2 Administration
* Multiple Patients Triage Trauma
* Trauma & Glasgow Coma Scales
* Burn Charts
* The “Rule of 9s”

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Recent changes:
Minor updates from user suggestions

Critical Care ACLS Guide

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:23:33 +0000

The Informed® Critical Care ACLS Guide™ for Android gives you immediate access to critical information in an easy-to-use app with rich content, detailed illustrations, and pioneering features.

* Quick navigation to critical information
* Custom bookmarks let you quickly return to your favorite pages
* Expanded search capability
* Add notes to a page
* Calculators

“I have been using Informed’s Critical Care ACLS Guide for years and never go to work without it.”
—Shaun Michael Scott, RN, EMTP, CareFlite Flight Nurse

Best of all, you know you can depend on the Critical Care ACLS Guide™ for Android, because it was created by Informed Publishing—the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986. Informed’s print and digital guides are carried in the pockets, on mobile devices, and in the emergency vehicles of over one million first responders nationwide.

The Critical Care ACLS Guide™ for Android makes it easy for physicians, paramedics and nurses check ACLS drug doses, interpret EKGs, look up patient medications, and much more.

Critical information covers use of airway devices such as the Combitube, LMA, and King LT™ Airway, a complete list of emergency & ACLS drugs, including Natrecor and Ketamine, an extensive prescription drug list, Rapid 12-Lead EKG interpretation page, dermatomes, hemodynamics, lab values, and a complete list of abbreviations.
* Current ACLS Algorithms
* Emergency & ACLS Drugs
* 12-Lead EKG Section & Acute MI
* Basic EKG Rhythms
* Laryngeal Mask Airway / RSI
* “Rave” Drugs
* Basic Chest X-Ray Interpretation
* Fibrinolytic Screen for AMI & Stroke
* Ischemic Stroke Management / Neuro
* Pediatric Resuscitation, Drug Doses, Vitals
* End-Tidal CO2 / Capnography / Ventilator Guidelines
* Trauma & Glasgow Coma Scales
* Common Medical Emergencies
* Burn Charts, the “Rule of 9s”
* Pulse Oximetry, IV Drip Rates
* Quick EMS Spanish Translations
* Lab Values, Metrics, and Notes Pages

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Recent changes:
Navigation fix for Burns

Nursing Essentials

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:15:03 +0000

Nursing Essentials provides instant access to critical information nurses need.

* Quick navigation to critical information
* Custom bookmarks let you quickly return to your favorite pages
* Expanded search capability
* Add notes to a page
* Calculators

Nursing Essentials is an easy to use app with rich content, detailed illustrations, and pioneering features. Best of all, you know you can depend on the Nursing Essentials, because it was created by Informed Publishing®—the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986. Informed's print and digital guides are carried in the pockets, on mobile devices, and in the emergency vehicles of over one million first responders nationwide.

Whether you are a beginning or experienced nurse, this guide will be an essential tool throughout your career. Nursing Essentials is the one resource that both recent graduates and lifelong nurses depend on to keep all the information they need at their fingertips.

The second edition Nursing Essentials includes vital assessment information, with updated and expanded sections devoted to cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, pediatric, OB, GI/GU, and mental health topics. The new mental health section covers common disorders (anxiety, personality, bipolar, chemical dependency, eating disorders, schizophrenia, somatoform) and mental health assessment.

It provides updated reference information on drugs, infusions, and laboratory values, with information on medications, blood products, calculations, and PO, SQ, IM, IO administration procedures, with a new expanded section on IV administration guidelines. Also featured are fluids, electrolytes, and acid-base imbalances, as well as a new pain assessment chart and Spanish translations.

* Acid-Base Imbalances
* Complete Neurological Assessment
* Pediatric Drug Dosages
* Pain Assessment
* Geriatric & Cultural Considerations
* Organ Donation Considerations
* Burn and Dermatome Charts
* Abbreviations
* Metric Conversions
* Immunizations
* Spanish translations
* Restraint and Back Safety
* Tips For Workload / Report Organization
* Insertion / Management of Catheters, Gastric, and Chest Tubes

Featuring interactive calculators for Glasgow, burns, and metric conversions.

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Recent changes:
Minor updates from user feedback

Pediatric EMS

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:13:15 +0000

Critical Pediatric Information for the Paramedic or EMT-P.

The Pediatric EMS app from Informed Publishing, the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986.

Based on content from Informed’s EMS Field Guide, which remains the most widely-used EMS reference in emergency medical care, and with interactive components from the Informed suite of Android applications, this guide provides critical information specific to Pediatric Emergencies.

This application has reference material covering:

Pulseless Arrest
Bradycardia
Tachycardia
Medical Infusions
Intraosseous Infusion
Emergencies and General Assessment
Croup and Epiglottitis

And interactive calculators for:

APGAR
Conversions
Glasgow Coma Scale
Parkland Burn Formula
Pediatric Defibrillation
Pediatric ET Tube
Pediatric Medications
Pediatric Trauma Score
Pediatric Vitals

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Recent changes:
* Complete AHA 2010 Updates

* New ACLS Algorithm Section

*New Choking Section

* New CPR Section

NIMS ICS Guide

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:59:28 +0000

TIMELY AND THOROUGH… AN EXTREMELY VALUABLE TOOL.”
—Cynthia Kellams, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

When the NIMS ICS Guide® was introduced in 2006, it was the first pocket reference to give first responders fast access to information needed for effective incident command. Now updated with National Response Framework (NRF), this must-have pocket reference is used by more than 150,000 public safety and health professionals.

Now available for Android this interactive application allows you to customize contact information for each incident for rapid on-scene communication, and provides detailed dynamic checklists that ensure that no detail is missed. The content is all-hazards, non-jurisdictional and discipline-specific, and includes responsibilities and rules for applying the Incident Command System (ICS).

In addition to being an indispensable field tool, it is ideal for NIMS/ICS training and functional exercises, with dozens of detailed illustrations, charts and checklists. Designed for responders at the local, state or federal level or in private industry, this will quickly become your preferred NIMS training and field decision-support tool.

Support your NIMS training with this comprehensive app and feel confident that your NIMS compliance requirements are met.

TESTIMONIALS

“In the process of retooling our campus Emergency Management Plan, this has been an invaluable resource. It has also been of great benefit during ICS and unified command training and emergency management exercises. It’s a top notch product.” —Lieutenant Bret Collier, Professional Standards and Emergency Management, University of Houston Department of Public Safety

“A fantastic resource…indispensable to public safety operations.” —Director of the Office of Emergency Management, Arlington, Texas

“An excellent reference for anyone faced with the possibility of working within a NIMS environment.” —Ed Wilson, Past President, Western Fire Chiefs Association

APP FEATURES

* Dynamic checklists that ensure you remember all steps
* Incident-specific addresses that you can reset for each incident
* Addresses can be imported from your address book or entered manually
* Detailed, easy-to-read color-coded ICS charts
* All-hazards, non-jurisdictional, discipline-specific

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Informed Publishing offers a full product line of references for the medical and first response markets, as well as a consumer line for home and family emergency preparedness. Informed references are available in a variety of formats: pocket-size print guides, PDF editions and now, apps for Android. Learn more at www.informedguides.com.

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.

Fire Officer Field Guide SHS

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:33:36 +0000

Whether you are a beginning firefighter, or a command officer, this will prove to be an essential tool throughout your career.

The Fire Officer Field Guide - SHS Edition™ interactive application has been designed specifically as a reference for those who need to be able to locate critical information quickly and easily. With an updated section on the IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section’s Rules of Engagement, as well as dynamic checklists, and dozens of detailed illustrations and charts, you can be certain no detail will be missed.

The Fire Officer Field Guide- SHS Edition™ application includes rapid-use checklists for safe operational behaviors, situational awareness tips, RIT Team activation, Mayday and rescue procedures, Incident Command with the latest NIMS developments, a HazMat section with updated chemical characteristics, MCI, tactical tips, emergency medications and more.

Best of all, you know you can depend on this application because it was created by Informed® Publishing- the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986. Informed® has created field reference tools that two million EMTs, paramedics, nurses, police officers, fire fighters, public health and safety agencies, and U.S. military personnel depend on.

APP FEATURES

* IAFC SHS Section’s Rules of Engagement
* Dynamic checklists that ensure you remember all steps
* Incident-specific addresses that you can reset for each incident
* Addresses can be imported from your address book or entered manually
* Detailed, easy-to-read color-coded ICS charts

TESTIMONIALS

“Thank you so much for these awesome guides. I will reference it-learn more from it-and utilize it! Thank you again for such a wealth of information at the tip of my fingers!”

Natalie Perrone
Firefighter
LCFD

“It’s a nice tool and makes good reading in down time as well as being full of extra advice that every firefighter can use."
Stanton Mesh
Chief, North Greece Fire Department
Rochester, New York

FOR MORE INFORMATION

Informed Publishing offers a full product line of references for the medical and first response markets, as well as a consumer line for home and family emergency preparedness. Informed references are available in a variety of formats: pocket-size print guides, PDF editions and now, apps for the iPhone & iPod Touch., Android, and NOOKcolor. Learn more at www.informedguides.com.

The IAFC Safety, Health and Survival Section was established to provide a specific component within the IAFC to concentrate on policies and issues relating to the health and safety of firefighters. Learn more at http://www.iafcsafety.org/

SUPPORT

For questions, comments, or suggestions concerning this guide, contact Informed® Publishing at apps@informedguides.com

EMS ACLS for Honeycomb

Tue, 10 May 2011 23:31:42 +0000

The original EMS Field Guide® from Informed Publishing—the trusted leader in emergency reference information since 1986 —is now available as an Application for Honeycomb.

* Quick navigation to critical information
* Custom bookmarks let you quickly return to your favorite pages
* Search capability
* Add notes to a page
* Calculators

TOPICS INCLUDE

* Current ACLS Algorithms
* 12-Lead EKG Section & Acute MI
* Airway Management / RSI
* Top Prescription Drugs
* Emergency & ACLS Drugs
* IV Drips, Drug Infusions, Dosages
* Poisons & Overdose / “Rave” Drugs
* Medical Emergencies Section
* Fibrinolytics for AMI & Stroke / CVA
* Childbirth, Diabetic, Respiratory Distress
* Pediatric Resuscitation, Drug Doses, Vitals
* Trauma, Triage, MCI, Glasgow Coma Scales
* Pulse Oximetry, Infectious Diseases
* Quick EMS Spanish Translations
* Lab Values, Metrics, Notes
* Interactive calculators

“THE ORIGINAL AND STILL THE BEST” —EMS Magazine

Twenty-three years after publication, the EMS Field Guide remains the most widely-used reference in EMS history. Carried in the pockets, phones and emergency vehicles of millions of first responders, this is the guide EMS Magazine calls “the original and still the best.”

The EMS Field Guide app puts critical information at your fingertips with rich content, detailed illustrations and pioneering features. This app is available in two editions— Advanced Life Support (ACLS) and Basic & Intermediate Life Support (BLS)—designed specifically to correspond with each tier of EMT certification and practice, so you know you have the right tool for your job.

The Advanced Life Support (ACLS) app equips the Paramedic or EMT-P to triage and address trauma. It provides fast, easy access to vital assessment information, medications, and drug doses; quick interpretation of 12-Lead EKGs; and the latest CPR and ACLS algorithms from the American Heart Association (AHA). The ACLS app is also suitable for Intermediates whose practice orders require a more detailed understanding of these topics.

NOTE: For issues related to problems downloading the app or with refunds please call 1-888-624-8014 or email apps@informedguides.com. Please contact us before leaving negative reviews.