Peds application

[JadamR15]

OK guys - what's your favorite Peds application?

I need the standard stuff - put in a ht/wt - pop out all the drugs, tubes, blades, etc.

Thanks dudes and dudettes.

[iceemike1]

OK guys - what's your favorite Peds application?

I need the standard stuff - put in a ht/wt - pop out all the drugs, tubes, blades, etc.

Thanks dudes and dudettes.

paper and pencil.

Serious, you don't have time to look stuff up/pull out your apps with the little guys (obstruct, spasm SO fast) so I calculated for cases that day on a note card/cheat sheet with the main drugs (ancef, sux iv, IM, decadron, toradol, zofran, prop, atropine, reversal, etc), tube sizes, etc and had it right on top of my machine. And usually I actually remembered the doses b/c did the math so I wasn't dependent on the card but it was nice quick reference. Plus, doing the calculations made it hard to forget when you need it on maybe the SEE or the big exam . . .

[RAYMAN]

Agree with Mike. If you don't know the info the day before then use one of those charts to reference while you are setting up. I think there are a couple in the download section.

[armygas]

AcT by gasshead

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[Burnt2]

the free "gas guide" app has a good section with meds ett size/depth etc etc by weight. really helps.

that being said, i always calculated my stuff out by hand on peds, to reinforce everything. payed off a couple weeks ago.

[bettermj]

I use to put 3" tape on the back of my left hand with my calculations on it when I was doing my peds. Did it with adults too at first till I figured I was the highlight of the department. But I couldn't keep up with paper, and I'd run out of room on the bare skin on my hand.... so who cared. worked for me.

[nikon]

I have Pedi Safe. $.99 You click on the weight range and it gives you normal VS, airway equipment, pretreatment meds, induction meds, paralytics, sedation maintanance, fluids, CV support, cardiac resuscitation. Haven't put it to use in clinical yet, but it seems pretty nice.

[Anthony]

ACTc is free also and covers adult patients, research (direct searches into National Library of Medicine), regional, case setups, PIAs, customize drug setups (add/change whatever), etc....

[Johnga]

I used the PAW...Pediatric Anesthesia Worksheet until I learned the peds doses. In school I would make one for each patient, after graduating I just used a blank form because it had the dose ranges and I then just calculated them. Eventually you learn to do it in your head. It was a good crawl, walk, run system for me. Doing trauma there is no time to find a computer, etc. and calculate it all out.
I think it was made by an Air Force CRNA. Just do a web search for 'PAW' or 'pediatric anesthesia worksheet' and download it for free.
BTW...my 10 man team (I'm the lone anesthesia guy) just finished our 365th surgical case since we arrived 11 months ago. Almost half of those were peds!

[JadamR15]

I used the PAW...Pediatric Anesthesia Worksheet until I learned the peds doses. In school I would make one for each patient, after graduating I just used a blank form because it had the dose ranges and I then just calculated them. Eventually you learn to do it in your head. It was a good crawl, walk, run system for me. Doing trauma there is no time to find a computer, etc. and calculate it all out.
I think it was made by an Air Force CRNA. Just do a web search for 'PAW' or 'pediatric anesthesia worksheet' and download it for free.
BTW...my 10 man team (I'm the lone anesthesia guy) just finished our 365th surgical case since we arrived 11 months ago. Almost half of those were peds!

Wow man, that's so friggin cool.

[JadamR15]

Thanks all for the responses!

[nikon]

Wow, that is awesome! Thanks for sharing

[snaggletooth]

I used the PAW...Pediatric Anesthesia Worksheet until I learned the peds doses.

Love this John, Thank You. Yet I'm struggling to get it into a printable format with reasonable type. Does anyone have a printer friendly (perhaps PDF) version with blank cells for the calculations?

[nikon]

Love this John, Thank You. Yet I'm struggling to get it into a printable format with reasonable type. Does anyone have a printer friendly (perhaps PDF) version with blank cells for the calculations?

Open in excel >highlight area you want printed>page layout>print area>set print area> then go to print preview> page setup > make sure it's set at "fit to 1 page wide by 1 page tall">OK>print

[Johnga]

That sounds right. I remember printing it in excel and it comes out landscaped on a single page.

[armygas]

I have used this for just about every peds case I have had, just have it blank and do the calcs in my head

[jwesley9]

I have Pedi Safe. $.99 You click on the weight range and it gives you normal VS, airway equipment, pretreatment meds, induction meds, paralytics, sedation maintanance, fluids, CV support, cardiac resuscitation. Haven't put it to use in clinical yet, but it seems pretty nice.

Love me some pedi safe!! Well worth the dollar. I would take the calculations from there and write it on a Card to lay by the Succs and Atropine for each case that way I didn't have to look up the dose in case of a spasm.

[mjanel84]

Pedi Stat is awesome. I believe it's $2.99 and gives you everything! weight or age based app... it's pretty amazing. but i still write it down on a piece of tape just in case.