Intubating Monkey vs S

Remember being told there is a monkey that can write the works of Shakespeare, solve integrals and intubate a patient? Well, we’ve captured this monkey and put him to work for you in this powerful app. Intubating Monkey (TM) is a collection of the most useful information and anesthesia tools you will find anywhere. Formulas, tables, and calculators for all the major problems an anesthesiologist will face in and out of the OR. There are calculators for beginning residents such as the LMA and endotracheal size and depth calculator. For senior residents there is page for ABG analysis and sizing double lumen tubes. Were you ever unsure what fiberscope fit in an ETT or DLT? It’s here. If one participates in traumas there is the Glasgow Coma scale calculator. There are charts for APGARs, normal pediatric vital signs, hemodynamic parameters, and fluid maintenance. There is a table for induction medications and dosages, inhalational agents, herbal medication interactions, ACLS and drugs for life-threatening emergencies. This app has gotten rid of the fluff and only presents the stuff you really need when you have to know the answer now. More complex functions include allowable blood loss and calculated blood loss analysis, GFR calculations and sodium correction for hyponatremia. If you are involved in cardiac anesthesia the drug infusion calculator makes determining infusion rates as simple as selecting ng/kg/min, mcg/kg/min or mg/kg/min on a dial. If you want to run any other medication, like Remifenanil, just dial in the settings and you have the rate. This app has something for everyone at all levels of training and practice. Put the Intubating Monkey to work for you!

SSMART (Stanford Surgical Mobile Assessing Risk Tracker) is a smartphone-based health app for a research study by the VA Palo Alto and Stanford University. SSMART acts as a platform to track surgical patients across a highly structured episode of care, their relationship between opioid use and pain, and self-reporting health-related symptoms. This app integrates with HealthKit, ResearchKit and CareKit, as well as the Apple Health App to collect data related to your medical condition, activity and general health.   Since SSMART is a research study based health app, the first step is for users to go through a consent process to participate in the research study; users may also withdraw from the study at any time as they please. Once user consent is given, SSMART will use the mobile health capabilities of a smartphone to access daily activity measures of patients with differing degrees of surgical procedures, once . Users that participate in the study will be asked to complete short assessments on their biopsychosocial behavioral patterns, medication and prescription details, and metrics related to pain, sleep, quality of life, daily functioning. These surveys will be staged pre- and post-surgery in different frequency patterns, as well as are presented to the user optionally. By using CareKit, users are given an easy way to track their health over time as well. Altogether, SSMART is a platform that allow physicians to better help their patients, but it is important to note SSMART does not give health advice. If health advice is needed, it is advised to visit VA Palo Alto Healthcare’s site: paloalto.va.gov.   Survey responses are saved in a secure and HIPAA compliant database. Medical professionals from Stanford Medicine and the VA Palo Alto that have approval for this study through the IRB will be the only ones to receive access to this data .All the information the patient provides will be used by the physician to monitor the patient’s overall health through the backend analytic web app.