PEPID ED OVERVIEW

PEPID ED continues to be the first choice of emergency physicians for point-of-care reference. Forty board-certified emergency physicians originally created PEPID ED specifically for the PDA format. Today hundreds of physicians and other healthcare professionals contribute to PEPID content. And, if you are not a handheld user, PEPID is available for Online access via the Internet, too. Get your entire department PEPID! Written in a concise and quickly assimilated fashion, PEPID helps you to work more efficiently and reduce the risk of error in busy emergency departments.

PEPID ED FACTS AND FEATURES

Included in PEPID ED:

• More than 2,350 Disease and Trauma topics with diagnosis, pathophysiology, treatment and disposition accessible via 10,000 indexed entries or drill down through the table of contents.
• Instant access to Immediate Lifesaving Protocols BLS, ACLS, ATLS, PALS, RSI, procedures, quick drugs and drips, toxidromes, and algorithms
• Valuable Toxicology section which includes toxin identification, drugs of abuse, household & cleaning agents, plants, mushrooms & seafood, pest, rodent & herbicides, inhaled gases, heavy metals & caustics, medication overdoses and antidotes
• Weapons of Mass Destruction - nuclear, chemical, biological diagnostic and treatment information
• Superb navigation menu bar takes you directly to the Index, Quick Reference/Tutorial, Drug Interactions, Medical Calculators and Life Support/Critical Care.

INCLUDED IN ALL PEPID SUITES

• A complete Drug Database - includes over 7500 drug, herbal and OTC generic and trade names with extensive kinetics and mechanism of action information, adult and pediatric dosing with built-in dosing calculators (weight-based, body surface area-based, even IV drip rate calculators), overdose management, and trade/cost information
• Comprehensive Dynamic Index lets you search for almost 10,000 entries - medical topics, procedures, drugs, herbals, common abbreviations, eponyms, equations, etc. - all in one place.
• Virtually every Medical Calculator you can ever need is included with direct links from relevant topics.
• Cross reference up to 50 drugs, herbal remedies and OTC medications simultaneously in our Drug Interactions module and get rated results with detailed explanations
• Internationally Comprehensive with SI Lab Units presented along with American units, an SI calculator, complete metric conversion calculators, and even includes 1200 Canadian drug trade names in drug monographs and incorporated into the Drug Interactions Generator Embedded Illustrations such as Dermatomes, Rule of 9''s and ECG strips add even more value to PEPID.
• Plus: Personal Notes that allow you to add your own content to each PEPID topic and drug. Notes are saved whenever you update your PEPID.
• Free updates throughout the term of your subscription.