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Anaesthetic Reference Cards

Pre-flight Check

Anaesthetic Reference Cards, a new Subjective Effect app, is out now on iTunes and Google Play. The support site, with instructions, can be found here.


I was approached (electronically, natch) by a consultant anaesthetist who thought the physical cards he'd been involved with producing would make a nice app. He was right. It's a simple app for anaesthetic novices and as such has probably been released too early. When the new intake starts in August perhaps they'll find their way to it. Oh, it's my first Ionic app. More to come.


Ionic and on an on

Speaking of Ionic; I wrote a relatively well received piece over on Medium which is partly intended to be really useful for Ionic beginners and partly my own notes, for me, posted online so I can get to them any time. Have a read.

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