Mersey Burns
Mersey Burns is a free clinical tool for calculating burn area percentages, prescribing fluids using Parkland, background fluids and recording patients details. It is designed for physicians and runs on the iPad™, iPhone®, and iPod touch®.
Download Mersey Burns for free from the App Store℠, and read the manual for the current version
Mersey Burns was written by Chris Seaton, Rowan Pritchard Jones MD FRCS(Plast), and Professor Paul McArthur PhD FRCS(Plast), and is a product of Medicapps Ltd. It is regulated in the UK by the MHRA.
In 2011 Mersey Burns won an Excellence in Innovation prize at the NHS North West Health Innovation Awards, and it has been presented as the British Burns Association and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons. We have been featured in BBC News Online and in the Mirror.
Mersey Burns is designed to be only an aid to professional medical judgement. Mersey Burns must always be used in conjunction with proper medical training, references and protocols. All output that Mersey Burns produces must be manually checked by the user. Mersey Burns should never been relied on as an independent decision making tool, and should never replace professional clinical observation, diagnosis, prescription or management.
The authors and copyright holders accept no responsibility for any adverse events including protocol errors, data errors, calculation errors, loss of data or any other errors associated with use of Mersey Burns. The authors and copyright holders cannot ensure the accuracy of Mersey Burns or the data it outputs and disclaim all liability for its use. Users of Mersey Burns will not hold the authors or copyright holders of Mersey Burns liable for any adverse events due to its use. Mersey Burns is, to the extent permitted by law, provided on an "as is" basis without warranties of any kind, express or implied.
Use of Mersey Burns is permitted only on acceptance of these terms, restrictions, guidance and conditions and is at the risk of the user.
