Critical Care

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Prospective evaluation of an internet-linked handheld computer critical care knowledge access system

Stephen E Lapinsky1*, Randy Wax2, Randy Showalter3, J Carlos Martinez-Motta3, David Hallett4, Sangeeta Mehta5, Lisa Burry6 and Thomas E Stewart7

Author Affiliations

1 Director, Technology Application Unit and Site Director, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital & Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2 Director, Human Simulation, Technology Application Unit and Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital & Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3 Research Coordinator, Technology Application Unit, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

4 Biostatistician, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

5 Research Director, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital & Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

6 ICU Pharmacist, Intensive Care Unit, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

7 Director of Critical Care, Mount Sinai Hospital and University Health Network & Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Critical Care 2004, 8:R414-R421 doi:10.1186/cc2967

Published: 14 October 2004

Additional files

Additional File 1:

Quicktime movie (video clip) providing a brief overview of the content of the handheld 'Critical Care' handbook, which is used as one of the medical reference sources in the present study.

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Additional File 2:

Quicktime movie (video clip) demonstrating a clinical simulation scenario, using the patient simulator Sim-Man. The physician can be seen accessing the handheld device, and utilization of the various information resources can be tracked.

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