Skyscape Comes to the Rescue of Emergency Medical Technicians Needing Up-to-Date Information at the Point-of-Care.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

HUDSON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 2004

Leader in Mobile Medical Software Introduces Six New Titles:

Content from Pearson Prentice Hall and Lippincott, Williams

and Wilkins for EMTs and First Responders' PDAs

Skyscape(R), Inc. (www.skyscape.com), a leading provider of enterprise-wide mobile medical and nursing solutions, today announced the availability of six new PDA references for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other first responders from Pearson Prentice Hall and Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. These titles are designed to provide information for emergency medical personnel in a wide variety of situations, including communicable disease treatment guidelines and terrorism response. Group licensing is available for HAZMAT/DMAT teams and homeland security personnel.

"EMTs are often the first trained medical personnel that people encounter in an emergency setting. They deal with a wide spectrum of cases typically under adverse conditions. It is essential they have access to the most up-to-date, portable diagnosis and treatment information at their fingertips, so they can determine and initiate the proper treatment," said RJ Mathew, vice president of marketing and business development, for Skyscape.

"While working in the critical care transport environment, I run across different situations all the time. I don't have the resources available to me in the helicopter," said William Cyr, RN/EMT-P with Boston MedFlight. "With Skyscape powered references for my PDA, I can quickly review relevant information and provide immediate treatment."

The new Skyscape-powered references, which are available today, are:

-- Communicable Diseases and Infection Control for EMS--The first

text on communicable diseases and infection control designed

specifically for the pre-hospital care provider, this handheld

resource provides concise information on the full spectrum of

bloodborne and airborne illnesses that may be encountered on

the job--and details the personal protective measures that can

be taken to avoid infection.

-- Pocket Reference for EMTs and Paramedics, 2nd Edition--This

handy handheld reference provides easy access to the vital

emergency information needed by pre-hospital personnel.

-- Pocket Emergency Medicine for PDA--Gives house staff and

medical students instant access to the essential information

they need for patient care in the emergency department via

their PDA. Users can quickly search an alphabetical list of 57

chief complaints or a listing of head-to-toe traumatic

injuries, pediatric emergencies, or environmental exposures

and get succinct, bulleted information on history, typical

findings, critical studies, and ED interventions.

-- Pocket Reference for the EMT-B and First Responder, 2nd

Edition--A must-have for every EMT-B and First Responder. The

handheld software is written specifically for EMT-Bs and First

Responders and complements all Brady First Responder and

EMT-Basic references and includes skills sequences taken from

Brady's best-seller, Emergency Care Student Workbook 9/E.

-- Terrorism Response: Field Guide for Fire & EMS Organizations--

This handheld reference provides the basic information

necessary for every emergency responder when combating

terrorism. It includes information on chemical, biological,

and radiological terrorism, explosives, cyber-terrorism as

well as response procedures and decontamination. This

reference pulls together the most useful government

guidelines, recommendations, and protection requirements all

in one place.

-- Weapons of Mass Destruction: Emergency Care--The only handheld

text on this subject written by EMS providers for EMS

providers, this is a comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of a

rapidly emerging field.

References are available at Skyscape.com. Homeland security personnel and state HAZMAT and DMAT teams should contact Skyscape at [e-mail] for purchasing options.

"I find Skyscape products extremely useful in my role as a DMAT Unit Commander," states Churton Budd, RN, EMT-P, Unit Commander of The Toledo Area Disaster Medical Assistance Team.

Bringing the Power of smARTlink to First Responders

Skyscape's patented smARTlink(TM) technology enhances digital content and brings critical information to EMTs and other first responders in a context they can use--reducing the time needed to spend consulting information and adding value by enabling complex queries and access to the latest disease, drug and drug interaction information. The smARTlink functionality allows medical professionals to easily cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape, especially concerning interactions between drugs for multiple conditions.

All Skyscape-powered references dynamically cross-index via the smARTlink functionality on the handheld. For example, if an EMT was en route to treat a trauma victim, she could quickly review treatment guidelines for neck injuries in Pocket Emergency Medicine. After reviewing the guidelines, the EMT can then, with a single click, check DrDrugs to determine the best drugs to treat specific traumas, based on the patient's indication of what other drugs they are taking.

About Skyscape

Skyscape is the leading provider of interactive, intelligent mobile solutions for healthcare enterprises and individual practitioners. Skyscape's mobile platform enables the enterprise-wide deployment of the industry's most extensive portfolio of handheld medical and nursing reference information to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare decision making at the point-of-care. Skyscape utilizes its patented ART (Advanced Reference and Transaction) infrastructure technology to create compelling high-value solutions for handheld devices that reflect and support the intuitive thought processes of the medical practitioner. Skyscape has the largest installed base of paying customers in the industry, including individual and communities of medical practitioners at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Stanford Medical School, Partners Health System, Duke University, Mayo Clinic, SUNY and Kaiser Permanente. Skyscape's solutions are available on multiple platforms, including Palm OS(R), Windows(R) CE and Pocket PC. For more information about Skyscape, please visit our Website at www.skyscape.com.

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