Anchorage Middletown Fire Department in Kentucky is using Handtevy, an app that calculates pediatric medication doses and equipment sizes from a child's age or height. Captain Amanda Price says it cuts on-scene stress and lets paramedics start treatment faster, with the right EPI dose and shock settings the first time.
Local paramedics now have a tool to make sure your children are safe.
WDRB's Christi Batista tells us how an app is helping them start care sooner.
Anchorage Middletown Fire Department is the latest to use technology that can help paramedics start immediate care on children at the click of a button. When paramedics get a call of a young child who, for instance, isn't breathing, every second matters. Every as soon as they arrive, they need to act fast, and Caring for a 3 year old is much different than caring for a 13 year old. This new app will help them determine exactly how much medicine they should be giving the child. Hand Tevy shows how much a child should weigh based on their age and height. Before they even get to the scene, paramedics can hop on the app and check for the correct dosage. They don't need to worry about doing quick math in their head and and can start treatment in the ambulance before they ever leave for the hospital. Captain Amanda Price says this keeps them calmer in the field, which in turn helps families stay more at ease. We can start the treatment sooner. It's not as stressful because I already know the age of my kid most of the time. I can know my EPI dose, I can know my joules, they're the shock dose and I know what size eye gel so that stress that used to be there is lowered. Anchorage Middletown joins several other departments in Jefferson county who are already using this app with photojournalist Brian Manuel. Christy Batista, WDRB News.
