Any SRNA's use palm programs to track cases??

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I was wondering if any SRNA's or CRNA's out there use any palm program to track there cases, I just started into the clinical and thought that using the palm might be a good way to go. I was going to try to toy around with HanDgo, but be for I did that I wanted to see what some of you did, I also saw Anesthesia Stat Tracker from http://www.medicaltoolbox.com/products/AnesStatTrk/index. but didn't want to waste my borrowed loan money just yet

can you track cases on your palm?

or is it just as easy to do the paper thing??

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nobody???

do all you SRNA's out there just do the old Pen and Paper thing??

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little off topic...but had to say hi - since I just moved from Idaho to Oregon

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Specializes in ICU, psych, corrections.

Well, I am not a CRNA student just yet (part of my 10 year plan) but I am currently in an ADN program. We started clinicals a few weeks ago and I use a Palm m130 quite a bit. I have ePocrates drug database, medical mnemonics, patient tracker program, and a few other helpful programs. The patient tracker device has been great and I'm sure the more I use it, the better I will get at it.

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I used anesthesia stat tracker for a while but whent back to keeping track in my black book. I found entering info a little slow if I was busy during a case. Now I just grab a sticker and paste it onto a page with a couple of notes such as procedure, ETT, a-line. Takes a few seconds and I have a hard copy in case there is any debate about the cases. BTW, I do love my PDA for drug guides and the like. I replaced my Handspring Prism with a Sony Clie and love it.

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Yep, it's paper and pen for me. I have a Handspring Visor, but it is going to be used for Epocrates and storing contact information.

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I think its going to be pen and paper for me too. I wasn't real impressed w/ stat tracker, couldn't find any thing else out there, plus the more I think about it, it would be nice to have a hard copy of the case

thanks!!

Jrnalist2RNinOR what part of ID? I am from burley, In Upstate NY for CRNA school

matt

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Well, mostly Northern Idaho - call Sandpoint home - but lived in Moscow where I went to school at UI for the past couple years....

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