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APP REVIEW
Back to the App... Your App Review The Ottawa Rules App Merry Christmas to all you awesome sports physios out there! This month’s app review is of the Ottawa Rules
App which is a simple an effective medical app that is worth a download this festive, summer sports season. The Ottawa Rules are a set of clinical decision rules developed at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and the University of Ottawa, Canada. The rules have been demonstrated to decrease unnecessary diagnostic imaging and emergency room wait times which enhances patient comfort and reduces health care costs. This medical app is part of a study and according to the authors will be expanded to include other Ottawa Rules soon.
What it is used for?
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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 61.8 MB 3.0.2 Medical Requires iOS 9.0 or later. Apple and Android
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English 12+ Ó 2016 Dr Ian Stiell Free
This app was developed to make the Ottawa Rules more accessible.
Who would benefit from this App? Student and new grad physios, physios with sporting teams, and any health care providers who treat patients with musculoskeletal injuries. The Ottawa Rules included are:- C-Spine, Knee, Ankle, CT Head, Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH), and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Rule. PRACTICAL APPLICATION I know that many of us have used the Ottawa ankle/knee and Canadian C-spine Rules for many years and likely feel competent with our assessment of whether an individual requires imaging. However, it doesn’t hurt to have a handy little app on our phones just in case we need to refresh our knowledge or double check clinical decision making in an acute musculoskeletal setting. The app is extremely easy to use by just ticking a box or boxes (or none) the app tells you whether diagnostic imaging is necessary. I would highly recommend this app for physio students or new grads, and for the rest of us it is a super quick and handy tool to have at our fingertips. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE >>
