Tinysaurus
Lanyard Cards
Tinysaurus paediatric lanyard cards help health professionals care for children in emergency situations. They provide rapid access to normal paediatric vital signs, weight estimations, resuscitation drug doses, intubation equipment sizes, fluid recipes and doses for commonly used medications.They are used widely throughout New Zealand in many clinical areas, including emergency departments, intensive care units, paediatric wards, theatres, post-operative recovery units, GP and urgent care clinics. They are also deployed with the New Zealand Medical Assistance Team (NZMAT).If you are interested in ordering some for your department and for pricing information, please contact below.
Paediatric Drug Calculator
The Tinysaurus drug calculator allows emergency providers rapidly access emergency drug and infusion doses, and produces this information in a clean printer friendly format. It has been designed specifically with New Zealand medication protocols and practice in mind.The calculator has a back-end which allows users to customise the list of medications to the requirements of their department.
A fully-functional version of the calculator is available for download. To activate it, you will need a login and pin which can be obtained by contacting us through the form below.If you are interested in purchasing a subscription for your department or institution, please contact us for pricing information.
Disclaimer and Terms of Use
Although Tinysaurus lanyard cards and drug calculator have been through a safety review process, all medical liability and responsibility including that of safe prescribing belongs to the user. Tinysaurus cards and drug calculator are intended to be used as a quick reference resource in emergency situations. Local or national clinical guidelines should always supersede the information on these cards and calculator and should be preferentially used when able. Before ordering, we advise users to check to ensure that the information and medication doses on the cards are compatible with local practice. Furthermore we advise that users obtain approval from any hospital medicines and/or safety committees before use and distribution. Tinysaurus is not responsible for any adverse events that may occur from its use.
Copyright
Tinysaurus lanyard cards and Tinysaurus drug calculator, their design and intellectual property are protected under the New Zealand Copyright act 1994.
Dr Pras Mao
Pras is the creator of Tinysaurus. He is a specialist consultant in paediatric intensive care, paediatric emergency medicine, adult intensive care and adult emergency medicine. He likes to design clinical tools using human-factors based concepts to make work and life simpler.