Deep Pocket Series Releases iPhone Apps

Deep Pocket Series has released IV Meds, Stat Meds and Stroke Scale for health care professionals.

IV Meds

IV Meds has been in the top 100 medical apps since it was launched. The application has been used by thousands of critical care nurses and paramedics. The iPhone app contains the most commonly used IV medications. The format is very easy to use. The user scrolls through a list of drugs and taps on the medication concentration and patient's weight. The app will then give the user the IV drip rate. The app also contains other tools such as an OB wheel and common dosage rates for Motrin and Tylenol. Other tools include temperature and weight converters. It also has an IV calculator to help calculate medications that are not in the app. The application has been updated several times. All updates are free.

Stat Meds

Stat meds helps health care providers obtain stat dose. The application is user-friendly and the default weight is a 50-year-old male who weighs 70 kilos. The user presses Emergency meds and immediately is given: Defib dose, ET tube size, maintenance fluids, Cardioversion dose, and multiple drug doses specific to the patient. It gives the following medications in dose/kg, dose and volume: Adenosine, amiodarone, atropine, bicarbonate, calcium chloride, dextrose, epinephrine, flumazanil, lidocaine, magnesium sulfate. mannitol, naloxone, phenylephrine, procainamide, vasopressin, dopamine, epinephrine infusion rates, vasopressin, and RSI doses. This application also has fixed concentration medicated infusions where the user can pick from an extensive list of medications. It also has an OB wheel, temperature and weight converter.

Stroke Scale

Stroke Scale is the only application in the app store that has prehospital stroke scales for EMS. The application has the Cincinnati Stroke scale, Los Angeles prehospital stroke screening and ABCD score. It has the NIH stroke scale and Glasgow coma scale. This is the only iPhone app that allows the user to track the scores of the patient and email the scores. It will store and allow the user to compare scores over a period of time. The app also has a "mini neurology book." It covers the 12 cranial nerves.

The Deep Pocket Series has several other interesting apps, including a shockable ringtone. The company has also been focusing on reminder apps delivered via texting. The company will also launch Inform Me Later, which is a web application for users who do not have an iPhone. It allows the user to use any email and forward emails or attachments up to 5 mb to the company server. The server will hold it until you want it back. For example, if you get your schedule by email two months early, you can forward it to yourself for one month in advance. The server will email it back to you in a month. Doctor Castro states, "The best way I can describe it is like a snooze button for your inbox."

For more information, visit www.deeppocketseries.com.

About Deep Pocket Series LLC

Headquartered in Lantana, TX, Deep Pocket Series LLC is a privately funded company founded in 2008 by Dr. Harvey Castro. By leveraging his longtime experience in the medical field, Dr. Castro's focus is on the creation of innovative educational solutions featuring high-yield medical information. The Deep Pocket Series focuses on helping other health care professionals continue to expand and review their medical base knowledge. Dr. Castro received his BA/BS in Political Science and Biomedical Science at Texas A&M, graduated medical school from UTMB and went to Emergency Medicine residency in Bethlehem, PA. He has proudly served his country in the US Army and is co-founder of Vital Complex heart vitamins.