First 5 Minutes vs AHA PALS

Time is critical. “The First 5 Minutes” is a streamlined pediatric resuscitation app that recognizes that every second counts. The resuscitation of a child is a rare and anxiety provoking experience. Given the variation in weight and size as children grow, healthcare providers rely on a wide variety of non-standardized reference materials to rapidly adjust equipment and drug dosing for each child. The “First 5 Minutes” provides size-appropriate critical information instantly. Developed by pediatric critical care and emergency medicine specialists from the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, “The First 5 Minutes" utilizes the patient’s age or weight to provide the healthcare provider with the right equipment sizes and correct resuscitation medication dose with a single tap. With one tap, the provider has exact information for: CPR medications Dysrhythmia Medications Anti-epileptic Medications RSI Medications Equipment Size “The First 5 Minutes” is intended for physicians, nurses, EMS providers, Physician Assistants, and others caring for children in emergency or critical care settings. While other resuscitation apps require a number of taps and swipes to get to critical content and waste valuable screen space with non-emergent information, "The First 5 Minutes” provides a one-tap alternative to healthcare provider with the right-sized equipment and the appropriately dosed medications in medical codes. Future updates will allow the user to select concentrations of medications that match their own formulary so the appropriate volume of the medication dose needed during resuscitation is at the healthcare provider’s fingertips. This app does not require a wi-fi connection to function. This app can be used on hand-held or tablet devices. This app will advance the health of children by bringing timely accurate information to the hands of healthcare provider during critical resuscitation moments.

We continue to iterate based on real-time clinician feedback so that you will have the best experience providing life-saving care at the bedside. The AHA PALS app was developed by Harvard-trained physicians, in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA), to help fellow physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and emergency medical technicians (EMT) deliver the highest level of pediatric advanced life support (PALS) at the point-of-care. This project was inspired by the tremendous success of our AHA ACLS app, which has thousands of clinician users in over 180 countries. Importantly, real-time feedback from our clinician users continuously drives improvements in app design, features, and function. AHA PALS is the only app to have all content vetted by both the American Heart Association (AHA) science team (with license to use PALS content) and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians. We owe it to our patients to use the best digital health tools to give them the highest chance of surviving acute life-threatening illnesses. To this end, we have developed an intuitive and rigorously vetted mobile app to assist healthcare clinicians—at any stage of training—navigate PALS at the bedside. You can purchase a yearly subscription which begins with a 3-day free trial. After completing the free trial, you will be charged for an annual subscription automatically. Features: - Intuitive design to rapidly access PALS pathways (i.e. cardiac arrest , tachycardia with pulse, bradycardia with pulse, post cardiac arrest care, and critical care references) - Includes all PALS content including drug therapy and dosing, reversible causes, etc. - Easy-to-read timers and ability to log rounds of CPR, epinephrine, and defibrillations. There are additional functionalities to log PALS Cardiac Arrest interventions beyond EPI, CPR , and shocks such as lidocaine and more. - We also added a new metronome feature to improve compression accuracy as well as a ROSC button. - Button within cardiac arrest algorithm that allows for rapid transition to post cardiac arrest care checklist once patient achieves ROSC - Relevant critical care references: (1) drugs used in PALS (i.e., medication names, indications, and doses); (2) vital signs in children; (3) pediatric color-coded length-based resuscitation tape (adapted from Breslow tape) ; (4) pediatric Glasgow Coma Scale - All content rigorously vetted by AHA science team and practicing Harvard-affiliated physicians - Regularly updated with the most up-to-date PALS content