3 Career Tools for Emergency Medicine Physicians

There was a time in the not-too-distant past when emergency medicine physicians relied heavily on stethoscopes, blood pressure monitors, experience and maybe a phone call to a trusted colleague to treat any and all cases that walked (or rolled) through the door. 

Not anymore. 

Today’s emergency medicine physicians have gone high tech. Smartphones have become nearly ubiquitous in hospitals across the country, with eight out of every 10 doctors admitting to using them for work, according to a recent study conducted by Kantar Media. 

And those smartphones aren’t only being used to communicate with other physicians or keep track of appointments. They’re being used to access treatment guidelines, calculate complicated medical formulas, perform clinical ultrasound examinations at the bedside and more. 

Yes, today’s emergency medicine physicians have more tools than ever at their fingertips. Here’s a look at three of the best apps available:

1) EMRA PressorDex

The EMRA PressorDex app is sure to be found in any list of essential mobile tools tools for emergency medicine physicians. 

It’s a complete therapeutic guide to the seemingly endless list of pressors, vasoactive drugs, continuous infusions and other medications that are necessary to treat patients who are critically ill. 

What makes the app so effective is that it is written by emergency medicine physicians for emergency medicine physicians. It’s clear, concise and easy to use even during the busiest of shifts. 

EMRA PressorDex costs $16.99 and is available for iOS. Learn more and download the app. 

2) ERres

The ERres app is commonly referred to as the “Swiss army knife” of apps for emergency medicine physicians because it’s so easy to use and includes so many practical and valuable tools–especially when things get hectic. 

The app is perfect for bedside use, featuring various calculators, lists of medicine, algorithms, decision rules, clinical policies and core content that is frequently referenced by emergency providers. 

The ERres app is designed to allow you to make respond rapidly to emergency situations with the best possible information. In some situations, that’s the best you can hope to accomplish. 

ERres costs $4.99 for iOS users and $3.99 for Android users. Learn more and download the app for your iPhone or Android. 

3) SonoSupport

Perhaps no tool is as valuable in the emergency department than the bedside clinical ultrasound. It allows physicians to identify injuries that aren’t apparent during initial physical exams–bleeding into the peritoneal, pleural or pericardial spaces. 

Unfortunately, executing a bedside ultrasound while in the throes of an emergency can sometimes prove difficult–and that’s where the SonoSupport app comes in. 

The app provides all of the information needed to perform clinical exams at the bedside, including:

• Easy-to-use guides and summaries of when and why to perform specific scans
• Clear and concise step-by-step instructions for obtaining the needed images
• Advice for selecting the proper probe and placing the transducer to ensure image quality
• Samples of high-resolution normal sonographic anatomy as well as notable pathology
• Critical image checklists

The SonoSupport app costs $9.99 and is available for iOS. Learn more and download the app. 

**Please note these apps are not endorsed by Elliot Health System and are being featured in order to bring attention to new medical technology within the industry. If you’d like to learn about more physician tools, read our physician app article here. 

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