One way hospitals are treating patients experiencing cardiac arrest is targeted temperature management, a procedure that lowers the body temperature of the patient to reduce the risk of tissue damage because of reduced blood flow. Mobile health startup Resuscor has developed an iBook, and it will soon be available for purchase at an online store, but it’s not run by Apple or Google.
Laerdal is one of the largest medical simulator makers and its Sim Store sells mobile apps and educational content developed by third-party vendors as a way to better assess training on their mannequin simulation training devices.
Resuscor is also developing a mobile app that functions as a clinical decision support tool.
Co-founder Benjamin S. Abella, an emergency medicine physician, spoke with MedCity News at the CONVERGE conference. He said educational tools for therapeutic hypothermia were the driving force of the company.
“In the most fundamental way the genesis of the company is acknowledging the fundamental need to develop better training tools and better point-of-care tools.”
Simulation centers are increasing as teaching hospitals seek to better prepare physicians and medical teams for complex medical procedures.
It’s also beginning pilot programs for its mobile app, which includes 3-D animation, video and text-based content and clinical calculators.
Resuscor took part in a new program called App it Up by the Center for Technology Transfer at University of Pennsylvania. It functions a bit like an accelerator to encourage the development of mobile apps by members of the university community that will hopefully lead to companies.
