ABG Acid vs Rapid Vent Calculator

ABG Acid-Base eval walks a clinician through a stepwise approach to analyse ABG's and electrolytes in order to arrive at acid-base disorders and diagnostic ideas about ill patients. It is based mainly upon a worksheet developed by Dr. Erik Rupard from the medical literature. This tool not only yields answers, but just as importantly teaches the stepwise thinking process and the necessary concepts along the way. A clinician or learner will wind up with good information that assists patient care and should wind up a little smarter and more able to do it with less assistance the next time. It is a great support for those of us clinicians who use these tests only occasionally and don't have it memorized. The differential diagnoses include the classic mnemonics like MUDPILERS, CHAMPS, CLEVER PD, and HARDUPS, with explanations and examples. The app addresses such common questions as: * What are common causes of metabolic acidosis? respiratory alkalosis? * How do I calculate predicted pCO2? corrected bicarbonate? * What is the primary acid-base disorder? * Are additional acid-base disorders present, and if so, what are they? This app is written and intended for practicing clinicians like internists, family physicians, ER docs, cardiologists, pulmonologists, intensivists, and hospitalists; for resident physician trainees; for medical students; and of course for other clinician colleagues like NP's and PA's. As an educator and clinician, I am interested in feedback and I would be grateful for guidance on improving the tool. Notes of importance: - many thresholds and cutoffs are arbitrary and debatable, so you will have to use judgment to interpret which disorders are present and to what extent when suggested by the app - the app facilitates you to evaluate the data. If you make a mistake, the app will not argue with you. It will, at the end, offer to compare your work to the disorders that the app finds using the same algorithm - patients are more than the sums of their numbers and data, and they are often unique individuals. Use this information as a starting point in the evaluation of your patient and always do your own thinking!

Rapid Vent Calculator is a clinician-focused field guide and reference tool for adult ventilator setting calculations, RSI medication dosing, and quick respiratory care references. Designed for paramedics, EMS clinicians, respiratory therapists, nurses, physicians, transport teams, ER teams, ICU clinicians, and hospital-based critical care providers, Rapid Vent Calculator helps organize common ventilator and airway calculations into a fast, practical workflow. Enter patient sex, height, weight, selected mL/kg, and metabolic acidosis status to generate adult starting-point ventilator values including respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation. Calculations use ideal body weight and lung-protective ventilation principles for adult ventilator management. Rapid Vent Calculator also includes RSI medication dosing estimates, normal ventilator values, ABG/VBG blood gas reference charts, RASS reference guidance, dark and light mode, recent session resume, and shareable result snapshots. Whether used by EMS in the field, paramedics during transport, nurses and respiratory therapists in the ER, physicians in the hospital, or ICU clinicians managing ventilators, Rapid Vent Calculator is built to keep key adult ventilation references organized and easy to access. Key features: • Adult ventilator setting calculator • Ideal body weight-based tidal volume estimates • Lung-protective mL/kg selector • Respiratory rate, tidal volume, and minute ventilation results • Metabolic acidosis ventilation mode • RSI medication dosing estimates • Normal ventilator values reference • ABG/VBG blood gas reference charts • RASS reference guide • Shareable results snapshot • Dark and light mode • Clinician-focused workflow for EMS, transport, ER, ICU, hospital, and respiratory care use Rapid Vent Calculator is intended as a clinical reference and calculation aid for licensed healthcare professionals caring for adult patients. It is not a protocol, diagnosis tool, treatment directive, or substitute for clinical judgment. All values are starting-point estimates and must be verified against the patient’s condition, local protocols, institutional policy, and clinician scope of practice.