SCCM POC vs ECMO Bedside Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCCM POC
Access trusted, evidence-based critical care guidelines and resources for clinicians. Quickly find the latest clinical guidelines with filterable recommendations, many available offline. Designed for those caring for critically ill patients.
- Evidence-based critical care guidelines
- Filterable recommendations
- Guideline resources
- Offline access
- Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines
- Bedside resources
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Access trusted, evidence-based critical care guidelines and resources right at your fingertips with the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) Point of Care (POC) App. Quickly access SCCM’s latest clinical guidelines with filterable recommendations and guideline resources, with many features available offline. Designed for clinicians caring for critically ill and injured patients, this app delivers recent critical care guidelines with more being added as they release, including the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for adults and children. Download the SCCM Point of Care App and access critical bedside resources when and where you need them.
ECMO Bedside Guide
This app provides healthcare professionals with essential, offline access to vital information for managing patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). It includes calculators, checklists, medication dosing, equipment details, and emergency guidance.
- Rapid calculations for BSA, flows, and oxygenation
- Comprehensive checklists for ECMO management
- Medication dosing information
- Equipment specifications and usage
- Candidacy assessments for adult and pediatric patients
- Emergency guidance with 'Panic!' button
- Offline access to all features
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Introducing the ECMO Bedside Guide from ELSO, the essential app for healthcare professionals managing patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO). Developed by the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO), this comprehensive resource puts vital information at your fingertips—with or without an internet connection—streamlining ECMO care delivery. Key Features: - Rapid Calculations: Quickly determine BSA, flows, oxygenation parameters, and more with user-friendly calculators. - Comprehensive Checklists: Access step-by-step guides for ECMO management, troubleshooting, equipment, and other critical procedures. - Medication Guidance: Find detailed dosing information for commonly used medications in the ECMO setting. - Equipment Information: Review specifications and usage details for cannulas, pumps, and other essential equipment. - Candidacy Assessments: Evaluate adult and pediatric patients for ECMO using evidence-based criteria. - Emergency Support: The “Panic!” button provides immediate guidance for critical situations like air in the circuit or accidental decannulation, among others. - Offline Access: Utilize the app’s full functionality even without an internet connection! - Enhanced Privacy: No identifying patient information is collected or stored. The ECMO Bedside Guide is based on the latest evidence and recommendations from leading experts and the ELSO Red Book, 6th Edition. Download the app today and experience a new level of confidence in your ECMO practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ECMO Bedside Guide at 100% against SCCM POC's 17%. ECMO Bedside Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). SCCM POC's advantage is ratings volume (110 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ECMO Bedside Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SCCM POC has 110 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of SCCM POC's written reviews are positive against 100% of ECMO Bedside Guide's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SCCM POC | ECMO Bedside Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (110 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 110 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | PDA Verticals Corporation | Extracorporeal Life Support Organization |
Customer experience
SCCM POC
ECMO Bedside Guide
In-app purchases
SCCM POC
No in-app purchases
ECMO Bedside Guide
No in-app purchases
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