Prompt Flex vs Melanatal

The Prompt Flex app offers midwifery trainees and trainers the ability to run a range of birthing scenarios relating to routine and difficult deliveries. In Drill mode, it allows each step or 'intervention' in the drill to be recorded along a timeline as it is performed, as well as recording the total time taken to deliver baby. Results can be attached to an email for later review and use as a debriefing tool. When used in conjunction with the Limbs & Things Prompt Flex Force Monitoring Bluetooth baby and birthing simulator, the app can also monitor the amount of traction being applied to the baby's head during a shoulder dystocia delivery. In Meter Mode trainees can learn how to avoid applying excessive traction to the baby's head outside of the context of a scenario. The force is displayed on a colour coded meter with a numerical readout in Newtons alongside. NB: Requires iPad 3 or above. Incompatible with iPad 2.

Melanatal hopes to equip birthing people, clinical staff and midwifery students with better knowledge of the signs and symptoms of a range of maternal and neonatal conditions on Black and Brown skin. The app also provides information about conditions that are more likely to affect Black and Brown mothers and babies, to prompt earlier detection and diagnosis. Melanatal includes medical illustrations produced by Chidiebere Ibe (Medical illustrator) and Ezra-Lloyd Jackson (App designer) paired with a range of information and in-app signposting to directly view related educational resources. Disclaimer Melanatal is not a diagnostic or clinical management tool. The content in the app is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. If you identify any concerns about your or your child’s health after reading the information in the app, please seek or refer for urgent medical attention from your local health services. You must obtain professional, medical and/or specialist advice before taking, or not taking, any action on the basis of the content of the app.