WISER for Android 2.0 Now Available from NLM

Posted by nwsoadmin on May 17th, 2013 Posted in: Emergency Preparedness, News from NLM, Public Health, Technology

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The National Library of Medcine’s WISER for Android 2.0 is now available and can be installed directly from the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.nih.nlm.wiser. What’s new in this release:

WISER now fully integrates content from the Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Managment (CHEMM) website – http://chemm.nlm.nih.gov/

This integration includes:

• New hospital provider and preparedness planner profiles
• Acute care guidelines for 6 known mass casualty agents/agent classes
• The addition of a wealth of CHEMM reference material
• CHEMM Intelligent Syndrome Tool (CHEMM-IST), a new help identify tool designed to diagnose the type of chemical exposure after a mass casualty incidint

Emergency Response Guidebook data is now updated to the ERG 2012; WISER for Andorid incurdels a custom ERG 2012 tool.

Coming Soon

Look for these exciting additions in the coming months:

• Updates to the Windows and Web WISER platforms to include CHEMM integration, ERG 2012 data, and more
• Data updates for all WISER platforms
• WISER for Android 3.1, which adds Help Identify Chemical and protective distance mapping to this popular platform

WISER is a system designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents.  WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression advice – http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/