Kid Care

-Not sure how to handle a sick kid? Your iPhone may have the answer-

All kids are bound to get a multitude of sicknesses in their short lives. If you're a parent and unsure of how to handle a certain sickness, the iPhone has a new app that may be able to make your life a little bit easier. The iTunes store for apps states " Health problems can arise anytime – evenings, weekends, when you’re at work or traveling or your doctor’s office is closed... Kid Care is designed especially for these times".

Parents can search the app's directory by symptom (to try and figure out what exactly the child has) or by inputting the actual condition itself (to confirm diagnosis and treat the said condition). Symptoms such as a rash, cough, sore throat, and vomiting are included in the app, and conditions such as poison ivy and various viruses are included as well. A detailed list of steps for treatment are included once a condition/symptom is selected, and also tells the parent what and when to take further action (call a doctor, go to the hospital, etc.) if necessary. The app also includes images in order to help further confirm the parents' diagnosis correctly.

You can view the Kid Care page on the app store website here.

I think this is another fantastic smart phone app that make owning one of these devices even more essential. Despite the fact that the information on this app can potentially be found with a Google search, this is an interesting and somewhat more "official" way to combine the medical information from around the web and store it all in one convenient place for parents to access at all times, particularly when they may not be near a computer or if they are on the run somewhere. Additionally, the interface of the app, at least in the pictures I've seen, looks very slick and uncomplicated, which makes it even easier for people who are not computer or smart phone whizzes to use this app successfully. All of the reviews on the app store website rate this app very positively, and one of the people who posted on it claims to be a pediatric nurse and says the app is great, so I would definitely at least give this app a look if I had kids, because I'm pretty sure I wouldn't know the first thing about taking care of poison ivy.