Apps

BD Infusate Companion

★ 5.0 (5 ratings)

Becton, Dickinson and Company. Free. A guide to infusates: which medications may or may not be given through a peripheral vein. For information only; it does not replace clinical judgment.

Michigan MAGIC

★ 4.7 (9 ratings)

University of Michigan. Free. The Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters: when a PICC is appropriate, weighed against its risks of deep vein thrombosis and central line-associated bloodstream infection.

No Android version found.

miniMAGIC

The pediatric MAGIC: the Michigan Appropriateness Guide for Intravenous Catheters in Pediatrics (Pediatrics, 2020), turned into a step-wise app for choosing vascular access devices for hospitalized children — from umbilical catheters to implanted ports. Published by Griffith University with the AVATAR group. Free.

CVR Calc

★ 3.3 (26 ratings)

Global Vascular Access, LLC. Free. Calculates catheter-to-vessel ratio, the share of the vein a catheter occupies, for peripheral IV catheters (gauge or French) and central venous catheters (French), using your ultrasound vessel measurement. Stores nothing you enter.

SecurAcath

★ 5.0 (3 ratings)

Infuse Medical. Free. An abbreviated version of the instructions for use for the SecurAcath subcutaneous catheter securement device, with videos on placement, maintenance, removal, tips, and clinical data.

Teleflex Arrow EZ-IO

★ 4.4 (9 ratings)

Teleflex. Free. Clinical resources for the Arrow EZ-IO intraosseous access system: adult and pediatric landmarking and insertion guides, training videos, a pain protocol, medications and fluids that can be given IO, lab sampling, and care and maintenance. A supplement to training, not a replacement.

IV Medications Elsevier

★ 4.6 (72 ratings)

Elsevier, published by Skyscape Medpresso. Free to download; full content by subscription ($49.99 a year, shorter terms offered). Elsevier’s intravenous medications handbook for nurses: more than 400 IV drugs with dosing, dilution charts, and black box warnings highlighted.

Teleflex Academy

★ 4.6 (9 ratings)

Teleflex’s free eLearning library across clinical specialties, including vascular access. Many programs offer free contact hours, at your own pace.

MDS Assessments Mobile

★ 5.0 (2 ratings)

BD’s data-collection app for vascular access assessments at a facility: assigned collection tasks, progress tracking, and an offline mode, feeding metrics on vascular access practice. Free.

The Chief Complaint

★ 4.8 (653 ratings)

Escavo’s emergency medicine guide: an algorithmic approach to more than 50 common complaints, 60-plus management algorithms, over 400 references linked to PubMed, calculators, and an emergency drug guide. Free.

webPOISONCONTROL

The poison centers’ own app, from the National Capital Poison Center: it triages a possible poisoning — swallowed, skin, eye, inhaled, injected, bites and stings — and tells you whether the exposure needs an emergency visit, a call to the poison center, or care at home. The hotline, 1-800-222-1222, appears on every page; in Louisiana the call reaches the Louisiana Poison Center at LSU Health Shreveport. Free.

iTransfuse

★ 3.3 (8 ratings)

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood. Free. Transfusion resources at the bedside: blood prescribing tools, a warfarin reversal guide, transfusion reaction information, administration checklists, and a resource library.

Note: iTransfuse comes from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and follows that country’s transfusion guidance, not United States standards; cross-reference its content against your own facility’s policy before use. April Winborne has found the information very valuable.

Sepsis Timer

★ 5.0 (5 ratings)

Escavo, Inc. Free. A timed checklist for treating sepsis, built on the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines: start the timer at diagnosis and the app lists each step and alerts you when it is due.

No Android version found.

Sepsis Clinical Guide

★ 4.8 (304 ratings)

Escavo, Inc. Free (the Android version contains ads). Point-of-care guidance on recognizing and managing sepsis in adults, children, and neonates: antibiotic therapy, hemodynamic management, and SOFA, qSOFA, SIRS, and APACHE II calculators.

IDSA Practice Guidelines

★ 4.8 (833 ratings)

Infectious Diseases Society of America. Free. IDSA clinical practice guidelines and interactive tools, searchable, with bookmarks and notes. For health care professionals. Titled “IDSA Guidelines” on Google Play.

NKF KDOQI

★ 5.0 (2 ratings)

National Kidney Foundation. Free. The KDOQI clinical practice guidelines for kidney disease, with a GFR calculator.

eGFR Calculators

★ 4.0 (16 ratings)

National Kidney Foundation. Free. Five eGFR equations: CKD-EPI 2021 creatinine (the preferred method), two CKD-EPI cystatin C equations, Cockcroft-Gault, and the revised bedside Schwartz for ages 1 to 17, with reference material on GFR and chronic kidney disease.

No Android version found.

GFR Calculator – eGFR Calc

★ 4.7 (64 ratings)

Phan Nhat Dang. Free, with in-app purchases. Five eGFR equations: CKD-EPI creatinine (2009), Cockcroft-Gault, MDRD, CKD-EPI cystatin C (2012), and bedside Schwartz for patients under 19, with a table of GFR against CKD stage.

No Android version found.

Serum Osmolality Calculator

Krzysztof Gwiazda. Free. Calculates serum osmolality from sodium, BUN, and glucose, in either U.S. or SI units.

No Android version found.

ResearchGate

ResearchGate GmbH. Free (account required, 18+). A network for researchers: publication pages, new research in your field, and reads and citations of your own work.

SnakeBite911

BTG International. Free. A guide to North American pit vipers (rattlesnakes, copperheads, cottonmouths): how to avoid a bite, what to do and not do after one, a quick 911 dial, and a Venom Tracker photo tool for logging spread. Works without a cell signal.

The White House

★ 4.9 (19K ratings)

Executive Office of the President. Free. Receive real-time, breaking news straight from the White House on key developments, executive actions, live streams, and national priorities.