Are you still trying to justify whether or not to break down and buy and iPad? As the use of technology continues to grow and develop, devices such as the Ipad are becoming important tools for the anesthetist. Writing for the on-line Barton Blog, author Ben Amirault describes a newly developed APP for the iPad which enables the provider to better educate patients in the pre-op environment. According to Mr. Amiralut, “An informed patient is a happy patient. Providers who can effectively communicate with their patients can expect high patient satisfaction scores and improved outcomes.”
The drawMD APP has diagrams and descriptions of common anesthesia related procedures and enables the provider to better explain the planned anesthetic to the patient and the family. The APP is currently free and can be obtained through the iTunes store. As described by the vendor “drawMD Anesthesia & Critical Care enhances doctor-patient communication by offering a new paradigm for explaining the complex issues surrounding the intensive monitoring and care provided by anesthesiologists and critical care physicians. In order to improve patient understanding of medical problems, drawMD utilizes the iPad’s unique interface to allow anyone to sketch, stamp, or type directly on the detailed anatomic images included in the application.”
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I recently put the drawMD app on my iPad and have used it several times to answer patient questions. It is great. There are pictures already on the app and I can use my finger to draw over the picture to explain things to the patient. It’s a great tool for pre op teaching.
Thank you I tried store to my iPhone but I could not download. Next time I will download in pc
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A.P. (Pete) Shepherd, Ph.D., a retired professor of Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, has developed an iPad app for teaching the factors that affect the composition of “Alveolar Gas”. A student or instructor can manipulate variables like tidal volume, dead space, and the oxygen consumption rate and see how they affect alveolar PO2 and PCO2. The app is suitable for use either as a classroom demonstration or self-instruction.
In addition to students studying respiratory physiology, health professionals who have found this app useful include residents in anesthesiology and pulmonary medicine, respiratory therapists, and nurse anesthetists. Although the app was released only recently, it is already being used at Stanford and Duke and other leading universities and hospitals around the world.
“Alveolar Gas” is available in Apple’s app store (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alveolar-gas/id552766731?mt=8).