Now in Progress: Beta Testing for Free, New Software.

The Rapid Access Facts Tool (RAFT) Beta Test is open to everyone that would like to participate. We are eager to obtain all the feedback we can so we encourage you to share this software with your colleagues. RAFT will be continuously updated with new tools and content based on user demand to make it a powerful and comprehensive free application for all health care practitioners.

From the common to the esoteric, RAFT has been designed to deliver all health care practitioners difficult-to-remember, but essential medical information at the palm of your hand.  This free application, currently in Beta Test, was designed and edited by a board-certified surgeon specializing in trauma surgery and critical care.  RAFT is in every way the lifesaver of medical applications. It contains lab values, an audio Spanish reference, ACLS protocols, formula calculators, treatment of poisons, and other information needed in real time to make a difference in patient care.

General Reference

Acid-Base: Basic clinical information about acid and base physiology. 

Basic Medical Spanish: A Spanish/English dictionary with two modes: "General," which includes audio pronunciation and "Quick Lookup." Audio works on Pocket PC, BlackBerry, and Palm devices with OS 5 or higher.

Clinical Statistics: Basic health related clinical statistics. 

Common Abbreviations: A quick lookup tool for finding the definition of common medical abbreviations.

Common Pediatric: Some basic pediatric information such as childhood immunization schedule, normal vitals, and an apgar score calculator.

Notes and Order Templates: Common forms and notes used in hospitals with examples of how to fill them out.

Tubes and Lines: Identifying tubes and lines in patients and their purposes.

Emergency/Trauma

ACLS: Advanced Cardiac Life Support.

Basic Trauma: Common tools and information relating to trauma situations, such as initial engagement, hypovolemic shock, coma scales, and burn scales.

Anaphylaxis: Initial treatment of anyphylaxis.

Poisoning: Antidotes and comments about common poison treatment.

Snake Bites: Common snake bite treatment.

ABX / Drugs

Common antibiotic and bacterial classes.

Common drips for emergency hypertension

Common cardiac meds and drips for emergency hypertension

Common narcotics for the ICU

LABS / FORM

Common Lab Values: Quick lookup of over 1,000 common lab values .

Fluids and Electrolytes: Composition of fluids and daily requirements

Formulas & Rules: 50 interactive calculators and forms.



 

Includes a Free 12 Month Subscription of Automatic Updates:

A Free 12 month Subscription entitles you to 12 months of automatic content and application updates. When the program is installed to your PDA, simply synchronize your PDA with your computer while connected to the internet to receive the latest updates. You can still use the application after the 12 month subscription expires, but you will no longer receive updates.

PC requirements:

- Windows 98/NT/2000/XP with 128MB Ram
- Free space on hard drive: 12MB for Palm/ 33MB for PPC/ 13MB for Blackberry
- Palm Desktop 4.1.4 or greater (if using Palm)
- Microsoft ActiveSync 3.5 or greater (if using PocketPC)
- BlackBerry Desktop Manager 4.1 or higher (4.2 recommended)

Palm PDA requirements:

- Palm OS 3.5.3 or greater
- 2.8MB of available memory ( additional main memory may be needed when installed to memory card* )

PocketPC PDA requirements:

- Windows CE 3.0/Windows Mobile 2000 or greater
- Up to 8MB of available memory
- Only devices with touch screens are supported

Blackberry requirements:

- 1.5MB available on BlackBerry device
- BlackBerry OS 4.2 or higher
- Not sure if your device is compatible? Contact support@usbmis.com to find out.
- Wireless data plan

*all VFS compliant memory cards and memory sticks are compatible