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. 2021 Aug 13;45(9):86. doi: 10.1007/s10916-021-01763-2

Table 2.

Comparison of apps found on the Internet

Name Description Actual version Date of update Languaje Evaluation
TRIAGIST [43]

App to help resolve symptoms for emergency medical operations personnel

It is a tool to analyze the level of symptoms based on the Emergency Medical Institute separation criteria [43]

8.1.0 26/5/2019 Thai This app is installed but does not allow interaction with it. Once opened it asks to register or login and then it does not go beyond that, not allowing its use to any user. There are no reviews from other users in Google Play
Major Trauma Triage Tool [44] App designed to assist ambulance medics in cases of potential major trauma. Contains the trauma unit referral tool used in Wessex, Peninsula, Thames Valley and Severn Trauma Networks to assist in making decisions about hospital destination [44] 1.5a 01/10/2016 English It is a simple app, it presents decision making by means of binary trees. The most interesting thing about this app is that, depending on the traumatic pathology, it indicates the most appropriate hospital, either by proximity or by being the most useful center according to the patient's pathology because it has the means to provide the appropriate treatment in each specific case. However, the Google Play Store platform page [39] shows several negative reviews of this app
ESITriage[45] Emergency Severity Index (ESI) assessment tool on smartphone [18] - 19/07/2013 English This app differentiates patients into 5 types, from more severe to less severe. As we have seen above, the date of its last update is significantly long, taking into account the speed with which new technologies are advancing. That is why this app does not have too many advantages over other more modern ones