It’ll get you through
It needs done improvements though.
Code blues are often loud and chaotic. The metronome sound does not stand out and is too quiet on my phone, even on max volume.
Different distinguishable sounds would add a great benefit, like adding a “charge up” sound 10 secs before pulse check and a 2 min pulse check sound would help greatly.
As it is, the user must look at the phone screen to keep time. In the hospital setting I use resuscitation apps while primarily documenting in the EMR in real time.
If I’m looking at an EMR, I rely on sounds to indicate when a pulse check is due or when we can give epi again.
On that note, the Eli timer should count down from target, not up to it. It is more valuable to know if we can give epi again than how long since last epi.
Also, the haptic on my phone is barely noticeable for when epi can be given. It only lasts a split second.
This app is to be used during an emergency so don’t be afraid for the app to be loud and grab attention. These timers are WARNINGS.
WARNING: pulse check is due!!
WARNING: epi is available!!
That’s the philosophy, it needs to obnoxious to alert the user.
These are all intended to be seen as constructive feedback. This app can be great with some changes
Response from developer
Hi I just read through your review and wanted to thank you for taking the time to give such detailed feedback. Without feedback like yours it makes it very difficult to know what people need and find most helpful with the app. We are looking into ways to address each of your concerns - there are some limitations based on device volume but we will explore alternative solutions to see if we can boost the metronome volume. As well we can adjust the haptic durations and triggers so they trigger more than once and see what we can do about alternative sounds. Thanks again for your feedback. Please keep an eye out for the next update so we can try and make these improvements and hopefully be the five star app you’re looking for.
Great app
Best code timer I have used
I’ve tried other apps where I get hung up on how to put in information when in that high adrenaline situation but I did not have any issue like that with this one. I specifically liked the event log and that I after the fact could go and see exactly what had been done and when and then document it in our EHR (I did not have access to a computer during the code).
