The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission and eBroselow LLC are pleased to announce a new initiative to promote pediatric dosing safety within EMS. It involves distributing copies of mobile software, called SafeDose, to EMS workers in Georgia. The first phase of the initiative, which involved sending out free copies of the apps, concluded on October 7, 2011.

SafeDose, which works on iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry, is a sort of electronic extension to the Broselow Tape. By selecting weight or a Broselow Color zone, EMS professionals can quickly obtain not only a dose in mg but also in mLs for hundreds of drugs and indications. Besides dosing, SafeDose includes information on drug administration, adverse affects, vital signs, maintenance fluids and equipment settings.

SafeDose addresses the problem that dosing children in code situations is error-prone. EMS caregivers must make calculations quickly and accurately in a stressful environment with little room for error because children are particularly sensitive to drugs.

With the use of colors and zones, SafeDose helps prevent the types of ten-fold dosing errors that might happen in emergency situations.

The company eBroselow LLC is based in Blacksburg, VA and focuses on developing simple tools to save children's lives based on the safety and standardization work of Dr. Jim Broselow, Dr. Bob Luten and the nonprofit Pediatric Pharmacy Advocacy Group.

The Georgia Trauma Care Network Commission began a pediatric safety standardization effort with eBroselow in 2010. The web-based software, called Artemis, is just now being rolled out in hospitals across the state and also at EMS units in Regions 5 and 6. SafeDose is a less comprehensive mobile version of this software.

Click here to learn more about SafeDose and how to get it.