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Aug 22, 2004 07:27 AM

Best Pocket Reference?


Hey all,
Just wanted to get your opinions on the best pocket reference for a flight nurse to carry. I've looked at the ER checkmate, and Kathy White's Fast Facts. The Checkmate is smaller, and has plastic pages, but alot less info. Kathy's FF has alot more info, and has modules that can be added, but it's also larger and has paper pages.

Right now I carry an ICU pocket reference that's so beat up I think it's going to disintigrate next time I open it. What does everyone use, and what do you think of it?

Thanks,

The Mellow One


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from qanik
Old Aug 23, 2004, 07:55 AM

Originally Posted by MellowOne
Hey all,
Just wanted to get your opinions on the best pocket reference for a flight nurse to carry. I've looked at the ER checkmate, and Kathy White's Fast Facts. The Checkmate is smaller, and has plastic pages, but alot less info. Kathy's FF has alot more info, and has modules that can be added, but it's also larger and has paper pages.

Right now I carry an ICU pocket reference that's so beat up I think it's going to disintigrate next time I open it. What does everyone use, and what do you think of it?

Thanks,

The Mellow One
I don't know if you carry a PDA. Most of our crew now has Kathy Whites book as well as checkmate and several others on our PDA's. We have also loaded our SMO's on them. It is nice to go from multiple books to carrying one tool.
Qanik
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Old Sep 11, 2004, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by qanik
I don't know if you carry a PDA. Most of our crew now has Kathy Whites book as well as checkmate and several others on our PDA's. We have also loaded our SMO's on them. It is nice to go from multiple books to carrying one tool.
Qanik
Get a Palm device. You will be able to carry literlally hundreds of medical, nursing and drug references, calculators, infusion guides and more. Instead of 2,4 or more pocket books just carry 1 palm. Same size but loads of information at your fingertips. Plus, at night and it is dim/dark, most new Palms are color and have lighted screens (old ones did not except for a funky green light) and so viewing is easy.

Private message me for a LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNG list of references I carry.

Andrew
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from rn29306
Old Sep 19, 2004, 09:41 PM

Default UMBC Critical Care Transport Field Guide
Second to getting a Palm, I would suggest "UNBC Critical Care Transport Field Guide" and was sold to our transport class as we took a course entitled CCEMT-P (critical care emergency medical transport-provider). It is small enough to fit into your thigh pocket on flight fatigues or anywhere else and the pages are all covered so fluids will not stain them or rip easily. These last two issues are problems with Kathy White's book of Fast Facts, I personally used it in the ICU, but I think it (Kathy White) would get demolished in the field as its pages are tissue thin and would become soaked/stained very quickly. The rain is no place to be pulling out a Palm, I used the UMBC reference alot of times when the Palm was not accessible. Hope this helps.

UMBC Critical Care Transport Field Guide (2002)
Jones and Bartlett Publishers
ISBN: 0-7637-1580-8
If you have problems locating this, the UMBC stands for "The Univerisity of Maryland - Baltimore County"
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from SpankyRN
Old Nov 24, 2004, 01:12 PM

Does anyone have any refrences for the pocket PC. I have a pocket PC and I have been looking, but I mostly find Palm OS and not too many for pocket PC. Any info please email me
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Old Oct 18, 2005, 09:36 PM

Default Re: Best Pocket Reference?
http://www.emszone.com/catalog/0763715808/
That leads you to where you can get the book your looking for. The pocket size reference
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