Most solar-powered chargers can store ten hours of sunlight and can be used to fully charge a depleted smartphone. A small, low-cost, portable solar panel (Better Energy Systems Berkeley, CA afforded enough daily energy to allow me to use my core medical programs, which were especially important in the fast-moving, low-infrastructure environment after the earthquake. On entering Port-au-Prince and starting work at the Hôpital de l'Université d'État d'Haiti (University Hospital) four days after the earthquake in January 2010, I found that there were no guarantees of food or water, let alone electricity to charge my smartphone. My recent experiences in Haiti revealed the indispensable nature of my smartphone. These core functions are fulfilled by applications such as the Epocrates products (Epocrates, Inc San Mateo, CA and Lexi-COMPLETE (Lexi-Comp Hudson, OH allowing users to look up medications and differential diagnoses, and are available for all platforms thus, any smartphone will fit your medical needs. 1 At its most useful, the smartphone provides a place to store pharmacologic and diagnostic references, the capacity to take notes, and a medical calculator. Popular smartphone models, such as those sold under the brand names iPhone, Nexus One, BlackBerry, and Palm and those running Android or Windows operating systems, all offer the basic substrate to aid your medical practice with a few core applications. Not only are smartphones set up so that you can download and install an increasing number of applications for them but they also add many modern nuances, making them compelling products today-something I came to appreciate more than ever during my relief work in Haiti. Smartphones are devices that do more than handle phone calls and provide applications that integrated personal digital assistants into medicine in the 1990s. Strangely, one of my most valuable instruments is a smartphone-arguably as important as a stethoscope, a SAM (structural aluminum malleable) splint, or even flint and steel. Here's a compiled list of all the reviews out there right now for easy access.My fellowship in wilderness medicine challenges me to teach and practice medicine without the tools afforded by a modern Emergency Department.
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